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07 23rd, 2011| 
AFP – President Barack Obama announced that a ban on gays serving openly in the US forces will end in September as he certified that the nation’s military was ready to accept them among its ranks. Read the rest of this entry »
Jul
11
AFP – US fighter jets have intercepted three small planes in separate incidents this weekend over Camp David, the US presidential retreat, the North American Aerospace Defense Command has said. 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
3
AFP – US President Barack Obama hailed retiring Defense Secretary Robert Gates Thursday as an honest, humble man who loved his troops and had one of the best tenures of any civilian Pentagon chief. Read the rest of this entry »
Jun
30
AFP – US President Barack Obama hailed retiring Defense Secretary Robert Gates Thursday as an honest, humble man who loved his troops and had one of the best tenures of any civilian Pentagon chief. Read the rest of this entry »
Jun
30
AFP – US President Barack Obama hailed retiring Defense Secretary Robert Gates Thursday as a “humble” patriot whose bipartisan civility should serve as an example to Washington’s feuding politicians. Read the rest of this entry »
Jun
23
AP – The U.S. military’s top officer told Congress on Thursday that President Barack Obama’s decision to withdraw up to 33,000 troops from Afghanistan by next summer is riskier than he originally was prepared to endorse. Read the rest of this entry »
May
31
AFP – President Barack Obama, in a Memorial Day address at Arlington National Cemetery, urged Americans to honor the sacrifices of their war dead by “heeding the example they set.” Read the rest of this entry »