Patriot Paradox

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AP – The Supreme Court on Friday allowed the “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy on gays in the military to remain in place while a federal appeals court considers the issue. Read the rest of this entry »

AFP – The US Supreme Court on Friday kept intact the ban on gays openly serving in the military as lower courts review the issue. Read the rest of this entry »

AFP – Senior Republican Senator John McCain’s wife Cindy has condemned the US military ban on gays serving openly — even as her husband battles efforts to lift or ease the widely unpopular restrictions. Read the rest of this entry »

AFP – The economic downturn and the trauma of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have pushed more US veterans to suicide, Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki said Thursday. Read the rest of this entry »

AFP – A Defense Department study group has found that the United States could lift its ban on gays and lesbians serving openly in the military with little risk to current war efforts, The Washington Post reported Thursday. Read the rest of this entry »

AFP – US military services released their final reports Tuesday into the “lessons learned” from a shooting rampage at a Texas army base, but were criticized for ignoring Islamic radicalization as a threat. Read the rest of this entry »

AFP – US Defence Secretary Robert Gates on Tuesday said Washington was open to keeping troops in Iraq beyond a 2011 deadline, but it was up to Baghdad to make a request. Read the rest of this entry »

AFP – US military services released their final reports Tuesday into the “lessons learned” from a shooting rampage at a Texas army base, but were criticized for ignoring Islamic radicalization as a threat. Read the rest of this entry »

AFP – The US military said it has detected no launch of a foreign military missile off the coast of California and offered assurances that whatever happened there posed no threat to the United States. Read the rest of this entry »