AFP – US authorities failed to act on information that could have prevented a deadly shooting rampage at a Texas army base one year ago, two US senators who investigated the attack said Thursday. Read the rest of this entry »
AFP – WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange called Thursday on the United States to open up “instead of covering up” after the website’s release of secret US documents detailing abuses committed during the Iraq war. Read the rest of this entry »
AFP – Police on Tuesday said shots were fired at a US Coast Guard office in Virginia overnight and investigators suspected the incident could be the fifth in a series of shootings targeting military buildings. Read the rest of this entry »
Reuters – A federal appeals court on Monday ordered the U.S. military’s ban on openly gay troops to remain in place while the Obama administration challenges a lower-court opinion declaring the “don’t ask, don’t tell” law unconstitutional. Read the rest of this entry »
AP – A federal appeals court on Monday indefinitely extended its freeze on a judge’s order halting enforcement of the military’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy, heightening pressure on the Obama administration to persuade the U.S. Senate to repeal the law before a new Congress is sworn in. Read the rest of this entry »