AP – Just as the formal repeal of the military’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy took effect, Navy Lt. Gary Ross and his partner were married before a small group of family and friends. Read the rest of this entry »
AP – The military has begun accepting applications from openly gay recruits but will not act on them until the legal ban on openly gay service is lifted Tuesday, says a Pentagon official. Read the rest of this entry »
AP – Two top Republicans on the House Armed Services Committee have asked Defense Secretary Leon Panetta to delay the new policy allowing gays to serve openly in the military. Read the rest of this entry »
AP – An Army general who co-directed a Pentagon study on ending the ban on gays serving openly in the military said Wednesday that repeal is likely to prove “pretty inconsequential.” Read the rest of this entry »
Reuters – A car bomb targeting a popular restaurant killed 15 people and wounded dozens more in the southern Iraqi town of Hamza on Wednesday, police and hospital sources said. Read the rest of this entry »