Defense Department
The folly of trading an updated budget for a robo budget (Sen. Pat Leahy)
The Hill - 5 days ago
Last week, Republican members who had pledged to support the Fiscal Year 2011 Omnibus Appropriations Bill changed their minds and chose instead to walk in lockstep with the House and Senate Republican leaders who believe that freezing spending a…
Read more >>One Campaign Promise Obama Can't Deliver: Closing Gitmo (The Atlantic Wire)
Yahoo! News - 5 days ago
WASHINGTON, DC – After months of liberal grumbling that his presidency had failed, President Obama is suddenly racking up wins--getting "Don't Ask Don't Tell" repealed, New START and Food Safety bills passed, Unemployment Benefits extended…
Read more >>Plan to close Gitmo 'in shambles'
Politico - 5 days agoNestled among a string of improbable victories President Barack Obama racked up in the lame-duck Congressional session is Legislation containing the most debilitating setback to date to his plan to close the Military Prison at Guantanamo Bay and…
Read more >>Obama signs 'don't ask, don't tell' repeal (AP)
Yahoo! News - 5 days ago
WASHINGTON – 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. Framing the issue as a m…
Read more >>Senate approves defense bill, sends it to House
Washington Examiner - 6 days agoThe Senate passed Legislation on Wednesday that authorizes the Pentagon to spend nearly $160 billion on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan this Budget year without major restrictions on the conduct of operations. The voice vote on the defense author…
Read more >>Senate approves defense bill, sends it to House
The Daily Caller - 6 days agoWASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate passed Legislation on Wednesday that authorizes the Pentagon to spend nearly $160 billion on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan this Budget year without major restrictions on the conduct of operations. The voice vo…
Read more >>Signing won't end 'don't ask' right away
UPI - 6 days ago
President Barack Obama in Washington, Dec. 17, 2010. UPI/Olivier Douliery/POOL WASHINGTON, Dec. 22 (UPI) -- A bill being signed into law by President Obama to end the U.S. Military's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell policy" will not alter the policy immedia…
Read more >>Rep. Holt: Sen. McCain Objected To My Military Suicide Prevention Bill
The Huffington Post - 6 days agoWASHINGTON — In 2008, a young sergeant named Coleman S. Bean took his life. After completing his first tour of duty in Iraq, he had come home and been diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Nevertheless, he was deployed to I…
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