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What Can Stop the Gay-Bashing in the Military?

Nathaniel Frank | Posted 09.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: Don't Ask Don't Tell, Don't Ask, Stop-Loss, Gays in the Military, President Obama, Joseph Rocha, Gay Bashing, Executive Order, Palm Center, Tailhook, Patrick Murphy, Politics News
Nathaniel Frank

Petty Officer Third Class Joseph Rocha was brutalized for more than two years at his base in Bahrain after his refusal to hire a prostitute raised suspicions that he was gay. This is not an academic debate.

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Why Does Obama Use Executive Power for Everything But Gay Troops?

Nathaniel Frank | Posted 09.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Stop-Loss, Don't Ask Don't Tell, Gays in the Military, Gay Troops, Gay Rights, Signing Statements, Rahm Emanuel, Executive Order, Barack Obama, Meghan McCain, Politics News
Nathaniel Frank

Sometimes moral and political leadership really are one and the same. Ending the needless firing of gay troops is one of those times.

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Hey Lindsay Lohan! Did You Hear About the Major Victory for Thousands of Stop-Lossed Troops?

Paul Rieckhoff | Posted 07.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: Stop-Loss, Lindsay Lohan, Veterans, War, Nancy Pelosi, Afghanistan, Iraq, Congress, Kate, Paul Rieckhoff, California, Jon, Politics News
Paul Rieckhoff

Congress stood up for veterans this week, and delivered retroactive overtime payments for our stop-lossed troops, a new education benefit for children of servicemembers killed since 9/11, and increased VA funding.

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Why Army Suicides Continued to Rise in May, and What We Can Do

Jon Soltz | Posted 07.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Stop-Loss, Depression, Army Suicides, votevets.org, Combat Stress, Chuck Hagel, Jim Webb, Army Suicides Increase, Iraq PTSD, Army, Military, Dwell Time Amendment, Breaking Politics News, Ptsd, Votevets, Army Suicide, Politics News
Jon Soltz

The root causes of combat stress leading to suicide are three-fold, mostly out of the hands of our generals, and therefore must be addressed by the Federal government.

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Help Iraq/Afghanistan Vets: Support Stop-Lossed Troops

Craig Newmark | Posted 07.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: Stop-Loss, Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America, Veterans, Politics News
Craig Newmark

The folks at the Iraq & Afghanistan Veterans of America are working hard to get real support for the troops.If you act right now, you can help sto...

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Our Stop-Lossed Troops Deserve Their Overtime

Paul Rieckhoff | Posted 07.04.2009 | Politics

Read More: Stop-Loss, Congress, Iraq, Iava, Afghanistan, Senate, Paul Rieckhoff, War, Politics News
Paul Rieckhoff

In no other profession would an employee work overtime and not be compensated, and the same must be true of our military.

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Pentagon Phasing Out "Stop-Loss" Policy

AP | PAULINE JELINEK | Posted 04.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Pentagon, Stop-Loss, Warwire, Stop Loss Program, US Troops, Soldiers, US Soldiers, Politics News

WASHINGTON — The Army this summer will start cutting back on use of the unpopular practice of holding troops beyond their enlistment dates and h...

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Will Our Presidential Candidates Demand A Stop To "Stop-Loss"?

Bobby Muller and Garett Reppenhagen | Posted 07.31.2008 | Politics

Read More: US Military, Military Stop Loss, Stop Loss, Politics News
Bobby Muller and Garett Reppenhagen

Let's say you joined the military and agreed to three years of active-duty service. With "stop loss" you could get held for six months, twelve months, even as long as twenty-one months past the time of your contract.

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Interview with Kimberly Peirce, Director of Stop-Loss

Melissa Silverstein | Posted 07.16.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Stop-Loss, Kimberly Peirce, National Press Club, Entertainment News
Melissa Silverstein

Director Kimberly Pierce answers questions about her powerful film, Stop-Loss, and the cultural movement it has propelled.

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Support the Stop-loss Compensation Act

Bobby Muller | Posted 06.18.2008 | Politics

Read More: Stop-Loss, Military, US Soldiers, Afghanistan, Overextension, Term of Duty, Iraq, Politics News
Bobby Muller

Of all the abuses borne by our servicemembers since the beginning of Afghanistan and Iraq, excessive reliance on stop-loss, where tours of duty are involuntarily extended, is one of the most egregious.

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Ryan Phillippe Goes Public With Abbie Cornish

People | Posted 06.14.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Ryan Phillippe Abbie Cornish, Ryan Phillippe, Stop-Loss, Abbie Cornish, Entertainment News

Two months after admitting it was bizarre seeing ex-wife Reese Witherspoon with Jake Gyllenhaal, Ryan Phillippe is quietly moving things forward in hi...

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A Memorial Day Speech Obama Should Give

Frank Schaeffer | Posted 06.02.2008 | Politics

Read More: Memorial Day, Honoring Our Troops, The White Vote, Stop Loss, Mccain, Iraq, Obama Speech, New GI Bill, Bush, James Webb, Politics News
Frank Schaeffer

Military service is a good shorthand summation of the class divide in America today. The people who serve are the sort the Obama campaign seems to be having trouble connecting with.

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General: Army needs 'stop-loss' until late 2009

AP | PAULINE JELINEK | Posted 04.29.2008 | Politics

Read More: Warwire, Army, Stop-Loss, Army Needs Stop-Loss, General James D. Thurman, Stop-Loss 2009, Army Soldiers Stop-Loss, Politics News

WASHINGTON — It will be more than a year before the Army can end the unpopular practice of forcing soldiers to stay in the service beyond their ...

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'21' Rules Box Office, 'Stop-Loss' Fails To Connect

AP | DAVID GERMAIN | Posted 04.07.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Stop-Loss, 21, Ryan Phillippe, Horton Hears a Who, Kevin Spacey, Kate Bosworth, Kimberly Peirce, Entertainment News

LOS ANGELES — Movie-goers laid their money down on "21," a gambling romp that was the weekend's box-office high roller with a $23.7 million debu...

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"Stop-Loss" Director Kimberly Peirce On The Film, Soldiers And The Youth Appeal

Huffington Post | Michelle Kung | Posted 04.04.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Channing Tatum, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Ryan Phillippe, Video, Kimberly Peirce, Stop-Loss, Abbie Cornish, Entertainment News

When your average American wants to learn more about an intriguing subject, chances are he or she will pick up a book or research it on Google. Not Ki...

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Are Ryan Phillippe And Abbie Cornish Expecting A Child?

Huffington Post | Posted 04.03.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Ryan Phillippe Abbie Cornish, Stop-Loss Review, Ryan Phillippe, Abbie Cornish Pregnant, Ryan Phillippe Baby, Stop-Loss, Abbie Cornish, Abbie Cornish Baby, Entertainment News

Double Updates Below Could Ryan Phillippe be having a third kid? He is currently a doting dad to the two kids he has with ex-wife Reese Witherspoon. N...

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Ryan Phillippe Calls Reese's New Boyfriend Jake "A Good Dude"

Us | Posted 03.30.2008 | Entertainment

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Ryan Phillippe wishes ex wife Reese Witherspoon happiness with her new beau Jake Gyllenhaal. "He's a good dude," Phillippe said on The Howard Stern ...

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Ryan Phillippe: Divorce, A Bad Year & A Controversial Film

W | Posted 03.28.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Ryan Phillippe, Stop-Loss, Stop-Loss Trailer, Ryan Phillippe W, Reese Witherspoon, Entertainment News

You'd think it would be easy to spot Ryan Phillippe. He's told me to meet him at the Viceroy hotel in Santa Monica. Outside, one of the heaviest rains...

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