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10 22nd, 2010| 
AP – The Defense Department on Thursday declared that “don’t ask, don’t tell” is once again the law of the land but set up a new system that could make it tougher to get thrown of the military for being openly gay. Read the rest of this entry »
Oct
22
Reuters – The Pentagon tightened controls on discharges of gay members of the military on Thursday, as it predicted months of legal uncertainty over the future of its ban on homosexuals. Read the rest of this entry »
Oct
22
AFP – Al-Jazeera on Friday released “startling new information” from US documents obtained by WikiLeaks, alleging state-sanctioned Iraqi torture and the killing of hundreds of civilians at US military checkpoints. Read the rest of this entry »
Oct
22
AFP – US President Barack Obama was briefed on talks between Afghanistan’s government and what a report described Wednesday as Taliban commanders at the “highest-levels” facilitated by NATO troops. Read the rest of this entry »
Oct
22
AP – A federal appeals court has frozen a judge’s order halting the military’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy, even as the Pentagon has announced it will accept openly gay recruits. Read the rest of this entry »
Oct
22
AFP – Anwar al-Awlaqi, an Al-Qaeda leader labeled a dangerous threat by the United States, was invited to a luncheon at the Pentagon in the months after the 9/11 attacks, the US military said. Read the rest of this entry »