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02 18th, 2011| 
AP – The Army’s top general kicked off the service’s training program Thursday on the new law allowing gays to serve openly in the military, and officials said they hope to have the whole force trained by mid-August. Read the rest of this entry »
Feb
16
AP – The Pentagon’s top civilian and military leaders implored Congress Wednesday not to cut too deeply into military spending, plunging into a heated political debate over how to curtail defense costs without imperiling U.S. strategic interests at a time the military is fighting two wars. Read the rest of this entry »
Jan
11
Reuters – Weeks after Congress voted to repeal the law banning gays from serving openly in the military, opponents of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” returned to court on Monday seeking to press ahead with their lawsuit against the policy. Read the rest of this entry »
Jan
11
AP – A gay rights group is asking a federal appeals court in California to keep considering whether a trial judge properly struck down the U.S. military’s ban on gays serving openly in the military. Read the rest of this entry »
Dec
23
AP – President Barack Obama signed a new law Wednesday that will allow gays for the first time in history to serve openly in America’s military. And he urged those kicked out under the old law to re-enlist. Read the rest of this entry »
Dec
22
AP – President Barack Obama signed a landmark law Wednesday repealing the ban on gay men and women serving openly in the military, fulfilling one of his major campaign pledges and casting the issue as a matter of civil rights long denied. “No longer will tens of thousands of Americans in uniform be asked to live a lie, or look over their shoulder in order to serve the country that they love,” Obama said. Read the rest of this entry »