Military proposal

• Budding photographer Angila Golik was out practicing her favorite hobby the night of July 2 while visiting Washington, D.C. when she spotted a touching scene unfolding at the Washington War Memorial. Golik, in town from Carson, Nev.
(Huffington Post)
• But lawmakers have opposed Pentagon requests to add new fees on health care coverage for military retirees, and veterans groups have lashed out at recent proposals to reduce or delay military retirement benefits for the next generation of veterans.
(Military.com)
• military personnel, senior citizens and disabled persons. House members also overrode the Democratic governor's veto of a $5.1 million compromise proposal to keep Taunton State Hospital partially open.
(Berkshire Eagle)
• The proposal for Ali Haidar, his minister of reconciliation Manaf Tlass, an Assad confidant, broke with the regime and fled Syria. Previous military defections had been by lower-ranking officers.
(Philadelphia Daily News)
• The General Assembly of the largest Presbyterian group in the United States will vote today on a proposal to divest from three U.S. companies over the Israeli militarys use of their products in the Palestinian territories.
(USA Today)
• INDIANAPOLIS — Indianas three gubernatorial candidates are floating three different approaches for tackling the high unemployment rate among the states military veterans.
(Republic)
• Media organizations filed a motion Thursday opposing a Pentagon prosecution proposal to close portions of the hearings motions are on the agenda for the three-day hearing in the military commissions case of Saudi-born Abd al Rahim al Nashiri.
(Miami Herald)
• WASHINGTON — The Senate's Democratic leader insisted on Thursday that if House Republicans desperately want to avert automatic cuts to the military, they have to cuts or stop blocking Republican-backed proposals to address the issue.
(Daily Oklahoman)
• NAZARETH, Israel — Israels plan to overhaul its military draft has veered into turbulent new territory with the governments abrupt proposal to mobilize the countrys Arab minority for civilian national service.
(msnbc.com)