Patriot Paradox

Reuters – President Barack Obama on Friday proposed $120 million in new tax credits for businesses that hire U.S. veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan at a time of stubbornly high unemployment at home. Read the rest of this entry »

AFP – The US Army will shorten the length of tours of duty for personnel deployed in combat zones from a year to nine months, as it pursues its withdrawal from Iraq and Afghanistan, the Pentagon said Friday. Read the rest of this entry »

Reuters – A judge weighing the case against an Army soldier accused of a terror plot to bomb soldiers from a Texas military base on Thursday said there was sufficient evidence to refer the charges to a grand jury. Read the rest of this entry »

AFP – A US soldier of Palestinian descent had collected everything he needed to build a bomb and attack the area around a sprawling Texas military base, FBI agents told a court Thursday. Read the rest of this entry »

AFP – President Barack Obama has chosen as his new deputy defense secretary Ashton Carter, a top Pentagon official who dealt with North Korea and the denuclearization of former Soviet republics. Read the rest of this entry »

AFP – Fears were raised Thursday that five million inserts added to bullet-proof vests given to US troops, currently fighting in two wars, may not meet standards due to poor testing, a Pentagon report said. Read the rest of this entry »

AFP – US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said Thursday he was “particularly concerned” about the possibility of further cuts in military spending under a compromise deal to avert a US debt default. Read the rest of this entry »

Reuters – Army officer Donna Bachler has not had a regular paycheck since she left active duty four years ago, even though she boasts the kind of skills employers vie for. Read the rest of this entry »