US Attorney declines prosecution of former VA execs

US Attorney declines prosecution of former VA execs

WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal prosecutors have decided not to press criminal charges against two former executives at the Department of Veterans Affairs who were accused of manipulating the agency's hiring system for their own gain.

The U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia said Thursday it has declined a referral from the VA inspector general for criminal prosecution of Diana Rubens and Kimberly Graves.

Clinton calls Islamic State killings of Christians, Yazidis ‘genocide’
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Clinton calls Islamic State killings of Christians, Yazidis ‘genocide’

Associated Press

BERLIN, N.H. (AP) — Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton says she now believes the Islamic State's persecution of Christians, the Yazidi minority and other religious and ethnic minorities in the Middle East should be defined as "genocide."

Clinton, responding to a voter in New Hampshire, says she's been reluctant to use the term in recent months because calling something 'genocide' has broad implications. But she says evidence now demonstrates that actions by the Islamic State are "deliberately aimed at destroying not only the lives, but wiping out the existence of Christians and other religious minorities in the Middle East in territory controlled by ISIS."

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