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NATO's Warrior Scholars: The Critical Backbone of Our Atlantic Alliance

Mark V. Vlasic | Posted 05.28.2012

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Mark V. Vlasic

When I was an Army ROTC cadet at Georgetown University, we were taught the importance of being "warrior scholars." This Memorial Day it seems fitting to consider the raw brainpower that complements our civilian leadership at NATO.

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Jewish Soldiers Perform Selfless Acts of Kindness

Amy Koplow | Posted 05.28.2012

Read More: Slideexpand, Memorial Day, Tzedakah, Military, Hebrew Free Burial Association, Loving Kindness, Judaism, West Point, Jewish Social Justice, Religion News
Amy Koplow

The young soldiers of West Point performed the ultimate act of kindness in Judaism -- chesed shel emet, an act of loving kindness which cannot be repaid by the recipient of the act.

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A National First: Gay Military Students Graduating Openly

AP | BRIAN WITTE | Posted 05.27.2012

Read More: Don't Ask Don't Tell, Gays in the Military, Video, Gay Rights, Military, LGBT Youth, Gay Cadets, LGBT Rights, U.S. Naval Academy, Air Force, Gay Youth, West Point, Gay Voices News

ANNAPOLIS, Md. — Gay students at America's military service academies are wrapping up the first year when they no longer had to hide their sexua...

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Biden: 'If You Harm America, We Will Follow You'

AP | MICHAEL HILL | Posted 05.26.2012

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WEST POINT, N.Y. -- Vice President Joe Biden said Saturday that the United States can now focus on new global challenges after a long decade of war in...

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West Point Cadets Visit Jersey City For Diversity

AP | By SAMANTHA HENRY | Posted 04.30.2012

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JERSEY CITY, N.J. -- The men and women in crisp U.S. military uniforms walked in close formation through the bustling, traffic-choked streets, passing...

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Suing the Department of Defense for Dereliction of Its Duty

Nancy Parrish | Posted 04.23.2012

Read More: Susan Burke, US Military, Rape, Pentagon, Military Sexual Trauma, Military, Leon Panetta, Department of Defense, Tailhook, Rape in the Military, Sexual Assault in the Military, Sexual Assault, West Point, Politics News
Nancy Parrish

We would like to believe that this most recent in a series of pledges of "zero tolerance" will make a difference. However, we would only know the Pentagon is serious and effective when the careers of those senior commanders who fail to provide positive leadership and take effective action are ended.

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Ike and Tail Gunner Joe

Tom Alderman | Posted 04.13.2012

Read More: Jim Newton, Eisenhower, Gop, Army-McCarthy Hearings, Communist, Commie, Wwii, Angels in America, Edward R. Murrow, Republican, Pulitzer Prize, Dwight Eisenhower, Tony Kushner, Audiobook, Roy Cohen, Joseph R. McCarthy, West Point, Bay of Pigs, President Eisenhower, Audiobook Review, Book Review, Eisenhower Biography, Books News
Tom Alderman

Several people report they cannot forgive Eisenhower's moral and political failure to speak out and repudiate McCarthy. That is not how it went down with Ike, according to Jim Newton's excellent new biography, Eisenhower: The White House Years.

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Elevating Ike: An Audiobook Review

Tom Alderman | Posted 05.29.2012

Read More: Eisenhower, Jim Newton, Russian, Gop, The Presidency, Teddy Roosevelt, President Obama, Vision Critical/Angus Reid, Dwight D. Eisenhower, D-Day, Little Rock-Arkansas, Chief Justice Earl Warren, Los Angeles Times, 22nd Ammendment, Random House Audio, Bay of Pigs, West Point, C-Span, Communist, The White House Years, The Cold War, The New York Times, Audiobooks, Martin Van Buren, Zane Gray, The White House, Democrats, France, Five-Star General, Ike, Suez Crisis, Oval Office. Golf, Israel, The U.K., Republicans, James Reston, Cuba, Books News
Tom Alderman

If you're a hardcore Democrat, this audiobook could turn you around about the man.

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Military Academies Hold First Gay Pride Events

AP | WILSON RING | Posted 05.25.2012

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NORTHFIELD, Vt. -- At the beginning of the school year, gay pride events at a military academy with titles like "condom Olympics" and "queer prom" wou...

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Gratitude to My Rival, Rep. Rothman, for My Son's Nomination to West Point

Rabbi Shmuley Boteach | Posted 04.17.2012

Read More: Bill Pascrell, New Jersey Ninth Congressional District, Rabbi Shmuley Boteach, New Jersey, West Point, Steve Rothman, New York News
Rabbi Shmuley Boteach

Rothman's decision to put merit before political consideration showed character and integrity and I salute it. It also demonstrated a willingness to populate our officer corps with deserving men and women, whatever the political consequences.

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Delta Force Hero Can't Speak at West Point Because of His Christian Beliefs

Ken Blackwell | Posted 04.02.2012

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Ken Blackwell

A three-star Army general and war hero cannot speak at West Point because he's an outspoken Christian. So the Obama administration's hostility toward ...

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Max J. Rosenthal

Controversial General Sounds Retreat

HuffingtonPost.com | Max J. Rosenthal | Posted 01.31.2012

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WASHINGTON -- Liberal and religious freedom groups claimed victory on Monday night when Lt. Gen. William Boykin, famous for his strident anti-Muslim s...

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Army Must Reject Anti-Islam Hate Speaker

Jon Soltz | Posted 03.31.2012

Read More: Islam, Department of Defense, Afghanistan, Muslim Americans, David Petraeus, votevets.org, Afghanistan War, Iraq War, Islamophobia, Army, Muslims, Iraq, Votevets, William Boykin, West Point, Islam in America, Politics News
Jon Soltz

Imagine that a man who said there should be no freedom of religion for Muslims, or Mosques in America, and that America is in a religious war that pits America, a "Christian Nation," against Islam was invited to address our men and women in uniform? Well, it's happening.

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Islam Critic's Invite To West Point Draws Protest

AP | Posted 03.31.2012

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WEST POINT, N.Y. — A retired U.S. lieutenant general who made comments denigrating Islam withdrew Monday from speaking at a West Point prayer br...

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Max J. Rosenthal

Gay Cadets Supported, But Remain Cautious

HuffingtonPost.com | Max J. Rosenthal | Posted 01.03.2012

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WASHINGTON -- At the nation's service academies, gay cadets and midshipmen are now free to live the same out lives as their friends at civilian school...

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West Point Plans New Barrack To Fix Massive Overcrowding

AP | Posted 10.01.2011

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WEST POINT, N.Y. — The U.S. Military Academy has plans to ease overcrowding in West Point's cadet barracks. Col. Mark Tarsa, the academy's garr...

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West Point Cadet Dies During Training

AP | Posted 09.21.2011

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WEST POINT, N.Y. -- U.S. Military Academy officials were investigating Friday how an apparently healthy, athletic 18-year-old West Point cadet died du...

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Obama Names First Openly Gay Veteran To West Point Advisory Board

Posted 09.05.2011

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President Barack Obama has named Brenda S. “Sue” Fulton to the Board of Visitors of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, making her the first ...

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West Point Rejects Former Lesbian Student

AP | By MICHAEL HILL | Posted 06.27.2011

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ALBANY, N.Y. -- A lesbian cadet who resigned from West Point last year has been rejected for readmission to the academy even as the military moves tow...

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Gaddafi's Son Had Internship In U.S. Just Before Libyan Conflict

AP | By DANIEL WAGNER | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON (AP) -- A son of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi toured U.S. ports and military facilities just weeks before he helped lead deadly attacks on...

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Michelle Obama's Commencement Address Schedule Released

Posted 05.25.2011

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Michelle Obama will deliver commencement addresses at three colleges this spring, the White House announced today. The First Lady will address the ...

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How a U.S. Army "Gator" Gets Information in Less Than 10 Minutes

David Danzig | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Law and Security, Interrogation, Matthew Alexander, US Military, Army, Military, Afghanistan, Military Ethics, Iraq, West Point Cadets, West Point, Interrogation Tactics, Books News
David Danzig

The first time I taught a one-hour class at West Point, a 20-year-old student made it very clear that while he might be studying ethics, law and morality in school, it was practicalities that really concerned him.

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NYPD Helicopter Rescues Two Stranded West Point Cadets

nytimes.com | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: West Point, Hypothermia, Nypd, Helicopter Rescue, West Point Cadets, Ny News, New York News

HIGHLAND FALLS, N.Y. -- In a daring nighttime run, amid conditions that left no room for error, a New York City police helicopter hoisted two shiverin...

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Memorials to Purposelessness

Matthew Hoh | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Operation Moshtarak, President Obama, Vietnam, Pakistan, General Petraeus, Marjah, Taliban, Afghanistan, Afghanistan Study Group, Al Qaeda, War in Afghanistan, Afghan War, West Point, World News
Matthew Hoh

On this anniversary of Operation Moshtarak and the "official" escalation of the Afghan War, we must continue to argue for a new course forward for the United States in Afghanistan.

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What the Heck Is a "Humanity"?

Jim Noles | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Arts, Humanities, Arts Funding, West Point, Federal Budget, National Endowment for the Humanities, Arts News
Jim Noles

It was engineers and scientists that, for example, raced death to find a vaccine for polio. But where, one wonders, did men like Goethals and Salk find their moments of inspiration for their scientific goals?

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