Patriot Paradox

Reuters – A court ruling that had struck down as unconstitutional the now-defunct law banning gays from serving openly in the U.S. military must be vacated as moot, a federal appeals court decided on Thursday. Read the rest of this entry »

Reuters – Iran raised the prospect on Tuesday of sending military ships close to the United States’ Atlantic coast, in what would be a major escalation of tensions between the long-standing adversaries. Read the rest of this entry »

Reuters – China’s military and state media warned the United States on Thursday it will pay for selling arms to Taiwan through less cooperation from Beijing, a warning that is likely to unsettle, but not derail, ties with Washington. Read the rest of this entry »

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Reuters – For U.S. Marine Corps Reserve Captain Sarah Pezzat, the end on Tuesday of the policy banning gays from serving openly in the U.S. military means she and her partner can now get married. Read the rest of this entry »

Reuters – President Barack Obama on Tuesday hailed the end of the policy banning gays from serving openly in the U.S. armed forces, as the Pentagon vowed “zero tolerance” for harassment of homosexuals in the military. Read the rest of this entry »

Reuters – A car bomb targeting a popular restaurant killed 15 people and wounded dozens more in the southern Iraqi town of Hamza on Wednesday, police and hospital sources said. Read the rest of this entry »

Reuters – A Senate panel on Tuesday approved defense spending of about $630 billion for the 2012 fiscal year, freezing the Pentagon’s base budget at $513 billion for a second straight year while seeking nearly $118 billion for U.S. wars abroad. Read the rest of this entry »

Reuters – When it comes to the tricky political calculus of deciding how many U.S. troops to keep in Iraq, President Barack Obama may truly have no good options. Read the rest of this entry »

Reuters – On the first day of work on Thursday for a “super committee” charged with finding $1.2 trillion in new government savings, a member of the panel threatened to quit if defense spending cuts are discussed, underscoring the difficulties ahead. Read the rest of this entry »