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It’s Where You Live! www.troydailynews.com August 24, 2013
Volume 105, No. 200
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Adams, Beagle deliver State of the State Melanie Yingst
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Egypt security deploys CAIRO (AP) — Egypt’s military turned out in force as thousands calling for the ousted president’s reinstatement held scattered protests across Cairo, but the Muslim Brotherhood failed to bring out huge numbers. Page 10
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MIAMI COUNTY — Consolidating resources and the fight against Medicaid expansion, as well as boosting workforce development, was the main messages Miami County chambers of commerce members and local government and school officials heard from House of Representative Richard Adams and Ohio Senator Bill Beagle Friday. Senator Beagle represents the 5th District in Ohio and Representative Adams is with the Ohio House District 80. Beagle’s main message focused on his work with the
governor’s workforce development committee, which includes plans to help returning military veterans find work in the civilian sector. “Reemploying our returning veterans is one of our top priorities,” Beagle said. Some of the initiatives include credits earned in the service to be transferred to the civilian workplace and other training to make veterans’ more Adams employable after their years of military service. Beagle also said more than 2,000 businesses are in the process of being surveyed to identify Ohio’s employment skill needs and shortages in the Ohio
workplace. Beagle encouraged the local chamber members to participate in the survey to help identify the needs to develop a more skilled worker in the future. Beagle also said the committee is working on “industry seeker partnerships” to streamline needs of local manufacturing Beagle and business in local areas to partner with community colleges, technical career centers and even high schools, to design and train students and adults for careers in the local area.
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Beagle gave an example of how Honda, Lincoln Electric and other local manufactures near Marion worked together to design courses and specific training at its local community college for their workforce needs. Beagle said he hopes to expand the program to regions like Miami County for its manufacturing sector. Beagle shared how state government recently streamlined its “One-Stop” job placement program with a new website Ohiomeansjobs.com. The legislation also requires those
• See STATE on page 2
US divided over how to respond to violence in the Mideast
WASHINGTON (AP) — Persistent violence in Syria and Egypt has sharply divided senior advisers in the Obama administration over a moral dilemma: How far should the U.S. go to stop the killing when its actions could lead to war with Syria or damage relations with Egypt? Hundreds have died in Egypt during protests brought on by the military overthrow of President Mohammed Morsi. In Syria, allegations of chemical weapons attacks on civilians by the government of President Bashar Assad come amid reports of hundreds more victims in a 2-year-old civil war that, by U.N. estimates, has already killed more than 100,000. Pentagon leaders, including Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel Staff Photos | ANTHONY WEBER and Gen. Martin Dempsey, Mark Rudasill, of Tipp City, and his son, Easton, play a game of disc golf Friday at Troy Community Park. “We’re here chairman of the Joint Chiefs of to enjoy ourselves and being outdoors. It’s a day off from fishing,” Mark said. Staff, have argued for moderation in the U.S. response. They say that cutting off aid to Egypt would threaten key national security agreements and could rattle the peace between Egypt and Israel. They suggest that such action would cost the U.S. its leverage and even risk losing access to the Suez Canal and permission for military flights over Egypt. Others in the administration, FORT HOOD, Texas (AP) — among them close advisers in A military jury on Friday conthe West Wing, have countered victed Maj. Nidal Hasan in the that the U.S. should take more deadly 2009 shooting rampage decisive action to curtail the violence in Egypt as well as the at Fort Hood, returning a unanisectarian war in Syria. So far, mous verdict that makes the the White House has taken only Army psychiatrist eligible for incremental steps. In that vein, the death penalty in the shockit’s expected to announce in the ing assault against American coming days the suspension of troops at home by one of their another major weapons shipown. ment to Egypt. There was never any doubt The lack of a unified posithat Hasan was the gunman. He tion — both within the Obama acknowledged to the jury that administration and on Capitol he was the one who pulled the Hill — is giving President trigger on fellow soldiers as they Barack Obama time and space prepared to deploy overseas to for his cautious approach. But Iraq and Afghanistan. And he that is riling those who believe barely defended himself during AP Photo that the U.S. should put strona three-week trial. An armed soldier stands guard along a security barrier outside the courthouse The unanimous decision on holding the the court martial of Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan on Friday in Fort Hood, ger pressure on Egypt’s military all 13 counts of premeditated Texas. Hasan was found guilty on all charges related to his 2009 shooting rampage and take military action against Assad’s government. murder made Hasan eligible at the military base and is now eligible for the death penalty. Obama, nevertheless, is for execution in the sentencing staunchly defending his cauphase that begins Monday. and wounded fought back tears. he received a death sentence. tious, methodical approach. Hasan, who said he acted Some smiled and warmly patted From the beginning, the fedOn Syria, for instance, he to protect Muslim insurgents each other’s shoulders as they eral government has sought to said in a CNN “New Day” interabroad from American aggres- left court. execute Hasan, believing that view broadcast Friday that the sion, did not react to the verdict, Because Hasan never denied any sentence short of a lethal possible use of chemical weaplooking straight at jurors as they his actions, the court-martial ons by Assad’s forces is a “big announced their findings. After was always less about a convic- injection would deprive the the hearing, relatives of the dead tion than it was about ensuring • See HOOD on page 2 • See MIDEAST on page 2
Soldier guilty of murder for Fort Hood shootings
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