CIA employee harassment...VA official testifies about appointment delays

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WASHINGTON (AP) — An internal CIA document obtained by The Associated Press reveals sexual, racial or other types of harassment in the ranks and officials acknowledge that instead of promoting its zero-tolerance policy, the revelations sparked a heated internal conversation. The document says 15 agency employees were found to have committed harassment last year, including a supervisor who was ousted and an operative who was sent home from overseas.

WASHINGTON (AP) — A top Veterans Affairs Department official says integrity is an issue among some at the top. Philip Matkovsky, who helps oversee the VA's administrative operations, told the House Veterans Affairs Committee at an unusual evening hearing, that fabricated data on veterans' waits for medical appointments and long delays are "indefensible, and it is unacceptable." He apologized to veterans and families.

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The Taliban are claiming responsibility for an attack in southern Afghanistan that NATO says killed five service members. NATO says the attack came yesterday but isn't releasing any other details. The insurgents have intensified attacks on Afghan and foreign forces ahead of the country's presidential election runoff on Saturday.

KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — The pro-Russian insurgency in eastern Ukraine is raising safety concerns for civilians who want out. Ukraine's new president is directing security officials to create a corridor for safe passage for civilians. Most of the estimated 10,000 displaced in east Ukraine have not previously gotten aid from Kiev.

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Investigators trying to piece together details on the Las Vegas shooting incident are beginning to paint a picture of a couple with intensely anti-government views. Months before the shooting deaths of two police officers and a civilian, Jerad Miller, his face painted like the comic book villain the Joker, went on a social media political rant with manic glares at the camera. Miller saw a tyrannical American government.