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If You're Looking For A Link To the Mueller Report, Look No Further
Editor's Note:
We're not downloading the entire Mueller report, but here is the Justice Department URL to read the report at:
Report On the Investigation Into Russian Interference In The 2016 Election, Vol I and II; Special Counsel Robert S. Mueller, III
https://www.justice.gov/storage/report.pdf?_ga=2.80421777.744576135.1555603755-461170982.1555603755
Mueller received the following military awards and decorations:
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Interview: How You Can Help Find an MIA
Megan McCloskey writes: There are 45,000 service members missing in action from World War II and other wars who experts say are recoverable. But the Pentagon’s $100 million per year effort to identify them has solved surprisingly few cases – 60 MIAs were sent home last year.
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Private Lives: Stanford Graduate Students Show Phone Record Surveillance Can Yield Significant Information
Two computer science graduate students have found that the NSA's mass collection of phone records can yield much more information about people's private lives than the US government claims. New research shows how "metadata" surveillance can be used to identify information about callers including medical conditions, financial and legal connections, and even whether they own a gun. more »
Bills & Hearings: Childhood Development and Education in Indian Country, Military Sexual Assault & Suicide
Listen and view North Dakota Senator Heidi Heitcamp's questions and a witness stating the difficulty in finding teachers for the Indian community schools. Is catching up with middle-class children's vocabulary impossible or is early childhood intervention a reachable goal for the children of Indian country? In another hearing, VHA administrative data sources show a similar pattern of findings in that Military Sexual Trauma is significantly associated with risk for suicide for both women and men. more »
Who Doesn't Like Penguins? New Marine Megafauna Open Online Course Instructor Interview
An Introduction to Marine Science and Conservation, a new MOOC (Massive Open Online Course) from Duke University taught by David W. Johnston, Asst. Prof, Marine Conservation & Ecology, will encourage students to use the papers in the Collection to gain a deeper understanding of marine life and how scientists study the ocean.
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