The political drama over a possible government shutdown last week caused quite a lot of anxiety among service members and their families because of the likely delay such a shutdown would case in their receiving their bi-weekly paychecks. The fact that this was even an issue is an embarrassing stain...

Tonight, White House Senior Advisor Valerie Jarrett will deliver remarks to the annual dinner of the Human Rights Campaign in Washington, DC. While the Human Rights Campaign does not speak for or represent the gay military community, Jarrett will no doubt deliver assurances to the gathered crowd that President Obama...

Back on Feb. 2 when Defense Secretary Robert Gates and Joint Chiefs Chairman Admiral Michael Mullen testified before the Senate Armed Services Committee about their views on the state of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" and their plans to study how to successfully implement a repeal of that law, Secretary Gates...

If one thing was evident from the recent series of protest actions over "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" (DADT), it was that the Obama administration appears to be sufficiently flustered. Many have opined that the President was simply annoyed at being repeatedly interrupted at the Los Angeles fundraiser for Senator Barbara...

Last week, Joint Chiefs Chairman Mike Mullen and Defense Secretary Bob Gates appeared before the Senate Armed Services Committee and announced that they now support the President's stance on the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" (DADT) law - namely, that it should finally be repealed. Secretary Gates reinforced the Pentagon's new...

Last night, President Obama gave the strongest signal yet that he is serious about seeing the 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' law repealed -- and soon. In his first State of the Union address, amid a highly charged political environment, the President declared his intention this year to "work with Congress...