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Jul
7
AFP – A federal court ruled Wednesday the US military had to immediately stop enforcing a ban on gays serving openly in uniform, even as the government prepared to scrap the policy. Read the rest of this entry »
Jul
7
Reuters – Venezuela’s convalescing President Hugo Chavez showed he was still boss on Thursday with an upbeat visit to a military base but said cancer surgery was forcing him to slow a famously punishing style of leadership. Read the rest of this entry »
Jul
7
AP – A roadside bomb killed two U.S. soldiers Thursday outside the main American military base in Baghdad in what U.S. officials said appeared to be another attack by Shiite militias hoping to drive U.S. troops out of Iraq. Read the rest of this entry »
Jul
7
AFP – A federal court ruled Wednesday the US military had to immediately stop enforcing a ban on gays serving openly in uniform, even though the government is weeks away from scrapping the policy. Read the rest of this entry »
Jul
7
AFP – Who says soldiering is a young man’s game? Staff Sergeant Eric Ferguson joined the US army in 1973 and — now approaching his 60th birthday — he is still on active duty, leading distribution convoys through some of the most dangerous parts of Afghanistan. Read the rest of this entry »
Jul
6
Reuters – Announcing a change of protocol, President Barack Obama said on Wednesday he would write condolence letters to families of military personnel who take their own lives in combat zones. Read the rest of this entry »
Jul
6
Reuters – A U.S. Army psychiatrist charged in a 2009 killing rampage at a Texas military base will face a court-martial where he could be sentenced to death, a military official ruled on Wednesday. Read the rest of this entry »
Jul
6
AFP – Anti-US Iraqi Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr said Wednesday that his movement would not accept countrymen who had worked with “the Americans,” unless they had genuinely repented. Read the rest of this entry »
