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06 29th, 2010| 
AFP – Top US General David Petraeus passed out briefly on Tuesday at a televised Senate hearing on Afghanistan, before quickly recovering and walking out under his own power. Read the rest of this entry »
AFP – A key Senate panel seemed poised to vote Thursday to lift a ban on gays serving openly in the US military but let the Pentagon decide how to do so after reviewing the repeal’s possible impact. Read the rest of this entry »
AP – Sen. Susan Collins, a Republican considered a critical vote on the issue, says she will support legislation that would repeal the military’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy. Read the rest of this entry »
AP – In a rare public dispute between a Democratic-led Congress and the White House, a Senate committee on Monday subpoenaed the Obama administration for secret documents and access to witnesses in last year’s mass shooting at the Fort Hood Army base in Texas. Read the rest of this entry »
AFP – The US Senate Armed Services Committee will question top US military and diplomatic officials at an April 14 hearing on policy towards Iran and its suspect nuclear program, the panel said Tuesday. Read the rest of this entry »
AFP – The US Congress on Saturday sent US President Barack Obama a massive annual military spending bill that funds current operations in Afghanistan and pays for the troop withdrawal from Iraq. Read the rest of this entry »
AFP – The US Congress on Saturday sent US President Barack Obama a massive annual military spending bill that funds current operations in Afghanistan and pays for the troop withdrawal from Iraq. Read the rest of this entry »
AFP – A planned November hearing by the US Senate Armed Services Committee to consider ending a ban on gays serving openly in the US military will be postponed, a spokeswoman indicated Friday. Read the rest of this entry »
AFP – The US Senate voted Thursday to defeat a measure that would have blocked five Guantanamo Bay detainees accused of plotting the September 11, 2001 attacks from getting trials in federal courts. Read the rest of this entry »