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Who Will Guard the Guards?

Chris Rodda | Posted 07.24.2008 | Politics

Read More: Military Religious Freedom Foundation, Religion, Department of Defense, Religion in the Military, Justice Department, Mikey Weinstein, Politics News

With 14,000 of our military officers belonging to the Officers' Christian Fellowship, how many chains of command are likely not to have one of these officers somewhere among its links?

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CNN Segment Dramatically Shifts Opinion on MRFF Lawsuit Among Both Non-Christians and Christians

Chris Rodda | Posted 07.15.2008 | Politics

Read More: Military Religious Freedom Foundation, Religion, Department of Justice, Religion in the Military, Jeremy Hall, Department of Defense, Mikey Weinstein, Politics News

As expected, the Justice Department responded to charges that the military discriminates against non-Christians with a motion to dismiss, citing reasons that included asserting that the claims "are nonjusticiable."

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The DoD's Entirely Unsatisfactory Response to MRFF's Letter Regarding TBN 4th of July Special

Chris Rodda | Posted 07.04.2008 | Home

Read More: Religion, Military Religious Freedom Foundation, Politics News, Robert Gates, US Military, Department of Defense, Religion and the Military, Mikey Weinstein, Religion and Politics, Robert L. Van Antwerp, Home News

On June 25, I posted a piece here titled MRFF Urges DoD to Pull the Plug on TBN Special, Demands Investigation, regarding the objections of the Milita...

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MRFF Urges DoD to Pull the Plug on TBN Special, Demands Investigation

Chris Rodda | Posted 06.25.2008 | Politics

Read More: Religion and the Military, Military Religious Freedom Foundation, Religion, Robert Gates, Department of Defense, Religion and Politics, Pete Geren, Mikey Weinstein, Robert L. Van Antwerp, US Military, Politics News

We sent this letter demanding an investigation into the appearance in this program of active duty military personnel, including color guard dipping two American flags to Christian pop star Carman.

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Iraq Reports Agree On One Issue McCain Ignores: Political Progress Is Lacking

HuffingtonPost.com | Seth Colter Walls | Posted 06.24.2008 | Politics

Read More: John McCain, Department of Defense, Iraq, Gao, General Petraeus, Politics News

As the Washington Post reported Tuesday, there are several stark differences between the two latest high-profile government assessments of Iraq. While...

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Feith Scared To Testify At Torture Hearing

Think Progress | Posted 06.18.2008 | Politics

Read More: Douglas Feith, Department of Defense, Torture Investigation, Torture Hearings, House Judiciary Committee, Torture, Politics News

Today, the House Judiciary subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Rights held a hearing on abusive interrogation to look at the role of administra...

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House Votes to Ban Pentagon Propaganda: Networks Still Silent

Josh Silver | Posted 05.24.2008 | Media

Read More: Iraq War, Propaganda, Pentagon, Armstrong Williams, Department of Defense, Pentagon Propaganda, Pentagon Pundit Scandal, Media News

This is not the last time this media blight will rear its ugly head, and as long as it does, the American public will continue to be led by the nose to support disastrous wars, policies and politicians.

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Penn State's Frightening Defense

Bryan Farrell | Posted 04.30.2008 | Politics

Read More: Tasers, The Institute for Non-Lethal Weapons Technologies, Penn State University, Barack Obama, The Daily Collegian, Joe Paterno, The Puke Ray, Department of Homeland Security, Danger Room, Fentanyl, Department of Defense, US Marines, Pennsylvania Primary, Applied Research Laboratories, Hillary Clinton, Wired, US Navy, Sunshine Project, Politics News

Penn State has one of the U.S. Navy's top civilian research facilities, where it's developing non-lethal weapons. But the government may be using the illusion of good intentions to mask its more pressing agenda.

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The Men Behind the Curtains

Ray Kimball | Posted 04.22.2008 | Politics

Read More: Military Officials, US Military, Department of Defense, Military, Politics News

More and more junior officers see the kind of political and moral compromise that seems to come hand-in-glove with the attainment of senior rank, and want no part of it.

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Why Progressives Should Support the Draft and Why Aren't People Protesting McCain's Lack of Patriotism?

Frank Schaeffer | Posted 04.09.2008 | Politics

If you want to know why McCain is called a patriot, it's because in the all-volunteer military era he can claim special exemption from common sense in the name of past service.

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Cashing in on the War on Terror

William Fisher | Posted 04.08.2008 | Politics

Read More: Eisenhower, Egypt, Military Aid, Human Rights, Indonesia, Pakistan, Uzbekistan, War on Terrorism, Rendition, Department of Defense, David Petraeus, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Defense, Petraeus, Ryan Crocker, General Petraeus, Petraeus Iraq, Crocker, Politics News

On the day Petraeus and Crocker testify before Congress on Iraq, the ghost of Dwight D. Eisenhower will be hovering in the wings. And he won't be smiling.

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For Shame: U.S. Army Failed To Properly Test Our Troops' Body Armor

Rep. Louise Slaughter | Posted 04.04.2008 | Politics

Read More: Marine Corps, Inspector General, Louise Slaughter, Iraq, Army, Department of Defense, Body Armor, Rep. Louise Slaughter, Politics News

In April of 2006 I sent a letter to the Pentagon requesting a review of their procurement processes for body armor. I received their report this week. Its contents were pretty astonishing.

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George Bush Gets His Way: Letting History Judge

Robert J. Elisberg | Posted 04.04.2008 | Politics

Read More: Pentagon, Department of Defense, Defense Spending, Politics News

Anyone still twisting in knots while trying desperately to contend that Iraq is not another Vietnam can finally save your breath.

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Frank Gaffney: Boeing's Surprising Spear-Carrier in the Middle East?

Steve Clemons | Posted 03.31.2008 | Politics

Read More: Henry Jackson, The American Cause, Airbus, Ronald Reagan, Refueling Tanker, John Bolton, Free America, Eads, Scoop Jackson, Palestine, Airplanes, Frontiers of Freedom, Let Freedom Ring, Soviet Union, Citizens United, Center for Security Policy, United Arab Emirates, Middle East, Frank Gaffney, Saudi Arabia, Department of Defense, Israel, Boeing Company, 60 Plus, Institute for Liberty, Qatar, Oman, Likud, Politics News

Boeing has no sense of what consequences a financial relationship with Frank Gaffney might have on its Arab nation customers.

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Clinton and Obama Remain Pentagon-Huggers

Steve Clemons | Posted 03.27.2008 | Politics

Read More: Hillary Clinton, The Nation, Jeremy Scahill, Katrina Vanden Heuvel, Barack Obama, Naomi Klein, Pentagon-Huggers, Pentagon, Defense, Department of Defense, Defense Spending, Defense Department, Pentagon Spending, Politics News

We are misdeploying resources and frankly, overspending on the Pentagon by a vast degree. Neither Obama nor Clinton is saying this.

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Report: DOD Delayed Brain Injury Scans For Soldiers

USA Today | Gregg Zoroya | Posted 03.18.2008 | Politics

Read More: Brain Injury, Gulf War, Department of Defense, Gulf War Syndrome, DOD Brain Injury, Politics News

For more than two years, the Pentagon delayed screening troops returning from Iraq for mild brain injuries because officials feared veterans would bla...

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Troops Die While Bureaucrats Blunder: The Fight Against Red Tape

Paul Rieckhoff | Posted 02.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Va, Military, Afghanistan, Iraq, Iava, Department of Defense, Bureaucracy, Walter Reed, Iraq Veterans, Veterans, Politics News

Time and time again, we've seen troops and veterans suffering at the hands of an inept government bureaucracy. Well, here we go again.

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Last Two Standing: David Addington and John Bellinger to Engage in Combat for Next Year

Steve Clemons | Posted 02.27.2008 | Politics

Read More: Detainee Abuse, John Bellinger, Department of Defense, Torture, Detainees, David Addinton, William J. Haynes, Politics News

I admire State Department Legal Advisor John Bellinger for the role he has played in trying to walk back this administration from the true abyss in its torture, detention, and rendition practices.

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Weekend Warriors No More

Sean Michael Flynn | Posted 01.30.2008 | Politics

Read More: Iraq War, Pentagon, National Guard, Defense, Department of Defense, Afghanistan, Reserves, The Fighting 69th, Iraq, Afghanistan War, Politics News

In a city that pays out million dollar bonus for successful Wall Street executives, the Fighting 69th was often lucky to pay its officers and men at all.

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DOD Wants $70 Billion More for Wars

AP | ANNE FLAHERTY | Posted 01.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Iraq War, Warwire, Department of Defense, War in Afghanistan, Afghanistan, Defense Spending, Iraq, Iraq War Funding, War in Iraq, Afghanistan War, Politics News

WASHINGTON — The White House will ask Congress next week for another $70 billion for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, an amount that would help...

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My Pet Goat II: President Sticks To His Story Even As Military Crumbles Around Him

Bobby Muller | Posted 01.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Iraq War, Dod, Iraq Veterans, Department of Defense, State of the Union George Bush, State of the Union Address, Iraq, Bush State of the Union, Veterans, Politics News

Simple morality, and sense of decency, demands a change. We cannot continue taking such gross advantage of those who have offered themselves in service to our country.

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Investigate the Pentagon's Strait of Hormuz Scandal

Gareth Porter | Posted 01.18.2008 | Politics

Read More: U.S. Navy, Filipino Monkey, Robert M. Gates, Pentagon, Bryan Whitman, Strait of Hormuz, Dick Cheney, Dod, Gates, Department of Defense, Iran Filipino Monkey, Iran, Iran Boats, Politics News

Could the White House have been taken in by reports from overeager commanders in the Gulf who sent panicky reports with an exaggerated sense of threat from Iranian boats?

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Bush's Incredible Invisible Veto: Veterans Caught in the Middle Again

Paul Rieckhoff | Posted 01.11.2008 | Politics

Read More: Congress, President Bush, Iava, Defense Bill, Veto, Troops, Veterans, Defense, Department of Defense, Defense Spending, Iraq, Politics News

Vital new programs for returning troops are going to be put on hold while Congress and the president play games.

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Pentagon Says Threat May Not Have Come From Iranian Boats

Think Progress | Posted 01.10.2008 | Politics

Read More: Pentagon, Nie Report, Department of Defense, Iran Boat Confrontation, Iran Boat Conflict, War With Iran, Bush Iran NIE, Bush Iran, Pentagon Iran, Politics News

Earlier this week, the Pentagon said that three of its Navy ships in the Strait of Hormuz had been harassed and provoked by Iranian speedboats. The Na...

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Group Alleges U.S. Soldiers Pressured To Adopt Fundamentalist Christianity

Associated Press | John Milburn | Posted 12.19.2007 | Politics

Read More: Fundamentalism, Religion, Military and Religion, Department of Defense, Military, War on Terror, Robert Gates, Evangelical Christians, Iraq War, War in Iraq, Christian Fundamentalism, Politics News

A foundation that has sued the military alleging widespread violations of religious freedom said Tuesday that it has evidence showing that soldiers ar...

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