At the very time the Pentagon is actively recruiting to keep its numbers up, soldiers who happen to be openly gay are being treated as though they are convicted felons and unceremoniously booted out.

Any serious discussion of the crisis the country faces in recruiting and retaining qualified men and women in the military will require a fresh and serious look at the odious "compromise" known as "Don't Ask, Don't Tell."

Sam Nunn will not be on the ticket with Obama. But if he would like to be offered the job of Secretary of State or Defense, he has to tell Obama that he supports repealing DADT -- and he has to mean it.

A person would have to have a heart of stone to read the opening statements of the three former service members who will testify Wednesday afternoon b...

The very same arguments that were made in 1948 against mingling the races in the military were made Wednesday against mixing homosexuals and heterosexuals the way they mix in the real world.