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The full episode of The CBS Evening News from March 6, 2014

The Senate came within five votes of passing a major change to the military's command structure. An amendment by Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., would have stripped commanders of authority over sexual assault cases and put everything in the hands of seasoned military trial lawyers; and, the Russian navy sank one of its own decommissioned warships across the mouth of an inlet, trapping Ukrainian ships at their dock further up the channel.

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Leonard Francis appeared in federal court and pleaded not guilty to conspiracy and bribery for allegedly showering naval officers with cash and prostitutes in exchange for Navy warships being re-directed to Asian ports he ran

Leonard Francis appeared in federal court and pleaded not guilty to conspiracy and bribery for allegedly showering naval officers with cash and prostitutes in exchange for Navy warships being re-directed to Asian ports he ran. Six U.S. Navy officials have been named in the growing scandal. Carter Evans reports.

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