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02 26th, 2010| 
Reuters – North Korea has proposed holding military talks with the South next week after it raised tension on the troubled peninsula last week by warning it would hold live-fire drills near the border with its rival. Read the rest of this entry »
AP – Lawmakers this week will press the military’s top uniformed officers for the first time on whether they think repealing “don’t ask, don’t tell” makes sense or would be too disruptive. Read the rest of this entry »
AFP – From an air-conditioned tent in what used to be a Port-au-Prince bus station, the mighty US military controls its 17,000 troops deployed to help Haiti’s earthquake relief, amid questions over how long they will stay. Read the rest of this entry »
AP – The United States should not rush into a change as large as repealing the ban on gays serving openly in the military without making sure the people it affects are on board, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Wednesday. Read the rest of this entry »
AP – For many lawmakers, “don’t ask, don’t tell” makes a lot of sense — for themselves. Ten months before elections, neither party sees much to gain in stirring up the once-volatile issue of letting gays serve openly in the military. Any candidate who isn’t laser-focused on jobs is making a big mistake, strategists from both parties said Wednesday, noting that public support for gay rights has grown substantially in recent years. Read the rest of this entry »
AP – The United States should not rush into a change as large as repealing the ban on gays serving openly in the military without making sure the people it affects are on board, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Wednesday. Read the rest of this entry »
AP – Don’t ask, don’t tell? Ask those who’ve fought in Iraq or Afghanistan about the Pentagon’s move to consider letting gays serve openly, and it’s clear that the ranks are still split, even if polls find growing acceptance of homosexuality in American culture. Read the rest of this entry »
AP – It’s time to repeal the military’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy and allow gay troops to serve openly for the first time in history, the nation’s top defense officials declared Tuesday, with the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff proclaiming that service members should not be forced to “lie about who they are.” Read the rest of this entry »
