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WATCH: How DOMA Still Hurts One Gay Military Couple After DADT Repeal

The Huffington Post | Glennisha Morgan | Posted 02.21.2013 | Gay Voices

On the heels of the one-year anniversary of the end of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell," U.S Marine Corps Captain Matthew Phelps made history when he became th...

An Interrogation Center at Yale? Proposed Pentagon Special Ops Training Facility Sparks Protests (Democracy Now!)

Democracy Now! | Posted 04.23.2013 | Politics
Democracy Now!

Students and alumni at Yale University are organizing against a proposed campus center to train Special Operations Forces in interview techniques. The...

NATO Chief Says Defense Cuts Could Compromise Safety

AP | DON MELVIN and LOLITA C. BALDOR | Posted 02.21.2013 | World

BRUSSELS -- The head of NATO urged member countries Thursday to stop cutting their defense budgets in response to tough economic times, saying continu...

From Hotels to Bands to NASCAR, Plenty of Room to Cut Military Budget Without Compromising Security

Brian Levin | Posted 04.15.2013 | Politics
Brian Levin

Cutting money does not spur doom and gloom just as throwing money at a problem will not fix it. What matters is whether money is spent effectively.

The SEAL Who Killed bin Laden and the Consequences of Early Military Separation

Kerry Patton | Posted 04.14.2013 | Politics
Kerry Patton

Just because you killed Osama bin Laden, seized tons of illegal narcotics or rescued hundreds of lives in a natural disaster, it does not mean you will gain monetary income for life through the government.

What's With Our Foreign Policy?

Joseph Blady, M.D. | Posted 04.14.2013 | Politics
Joseph Blady, M.D.

Tonight's State of the Union address will focus on domestic issues. This is understandable, as we've got plenty of problems at home that we can address and over which we have some measure of control.

Pentagon Drones

Jeff Danziger | Posted 04.14.2013 | Politics
Jeff Danziger

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An Oscar Vote for Justice

Kerry Kennedy | Posted 04.13.2013 | Entertainment
Kerry Kennedy

I urge every American to watch The Invisible War and hear the stories therein. And to those few in the position to influence this year's Oscar considerations, I urge you to consider what your vote in the documentary category can mean for America

Ask What You Can Do for Your Country: Combating Climate Threats to Our National Security

Lt. Gen. Norman R. Seip | Posted 04.10.2013 | Green
Lt. Gen. Norman R. Seip

Growing conflicts over water and food, refugees fleeing storm-battered regions, and other impacts of climate change-related events worldwide threaten our nation's security. They also put our soldiers in harm's way.

Super Bowl XLVII: Hoping Rush Limbaugh Is Wrong

Dorian de Wind | Posted 04.07.2013 | Politics
Dorian de Wind

Americans saw our troops at 4 a.m. Afghanistan time standing at attention while our national anthem was sung in balmy New Orleans and while a driving snowstorm was battering their tents at Camp Courage.

Getting It Right

Ron Glasser | Posted 04.06.2013 | Impact
Ron Glasser

I was unaware until recently of the rich and uncompromising literature on women in our wars and what they have endured and what they had accomplished that has for the most part has gone unnoticed.

Super Bowl 47: Too Much Patriotism?

Dorian de Wind | Posted 04.04.2013 | Politics
Dorian de Wind

Just like not supporting an unnecessary war does not make one un-American, enjoying all-American traditions at a sports event does not make one a warmonger.

9/11 Military Commission: More Tragedy Than Farce

Daphne Eviatar | Posted 04.03.2013 | World
Daphne Eviatar

It would almost be funny if it weren't so sad. Four days of military commission hearings at Guantanamo Bay this past week yielded little more than confusion about the law and heightened suspicion of the U.S. government.

Registering in Afghanistan

Douglas A. Wissing | Posted 04.02.2013 | World
Douglas A. Wissing

Any embed with American troops takes a spiraling nebula of approvals. Public affairs-savvy U.S. officers in today's Afghanistan are sticking to well-honed talking points. But for some reason, the Afghanistan Foreigner Registration Card is the thing that causes me the most anxiety.

'Big Gay' Activists Will Send Women Into Combat To Die, Says Pundit

Posted 01.30.2013 | Gay Voices

Bryan Fischer is on a big, anti-gay roll this week. After condemning the Boy Scouts of America for rethinking a longstanding policy barring gays f...

How the Military Can Lead the Way on Ending Sexual Assault

Jennifer Siebel Newsom | Posted 03.31.2013 | World
Jennifer Siebel Newsom

The military has the opportunity to herald a new wave of social innovation, this time in regards to the national discourse around rape. And a new wave of military leaders could be the catalyst.

The Irrational Rationale of the Second Amendment

Yousef Abukhdair | Posted 03.30.2013 | Politics
Yousef Abukhdair

Unfortunately gun supporters are either accidentally or intentionally omitting the entire nature of the amendment.

Women in Combat

Jeff Danziger | Posted 03.27.2013 | Politics
Jeff Danziger

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REALITY CHECK: Women Already Serve In Dangerous Military Jobs

AP | The Associated Press | Posted 01.24.2013 | Politics

-- The Pentagon is knocking down old barriers to women serving in combat, but some already are in risky jobs. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta's order,...

The Daily Szep- Women in Combat

Paul Szep | Posted 03.26.2013 | Comedy
Paul Szep

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Former Prisoner Of War Calls Leon Panetta's Ruling 'Good News'

AP | Posted 01.24.2013 | Politics

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. -- Former prisoner of war Jessica Lynch calls it good news for the U.S. military that Defense Secretary Leon Panetta says women can ...

West Point Think Tank Buries the Dynamite

Michael L. (Mikey) Weinstein, Esq. | Posted 03.23.2013 | Politics
Michael L. (Mikey) Weinstein, Esq.

The United States Military Academy at West Point's Combating Terrorism Center (CTC) is often referred to as a "think tank," whose primary mission is t...

Downsizing the Military

Lt. Gen. Clarence E. McKnight Jr. | Posted 03.25.2013 | Politics
Lt. Gen. Clarence E. McKnight Jr.

We have far too many people in uniform and they will all be defending their turf, not to mention their own military careers. In this battle, there will be many casualties and few heroes.

Genearl Speaks Out On Air Force 'Cancer' In Wake Of Sex Scandal

AP | RICHARD LARDNER | Posted 03.25.2013 | Politics

WASHINGTON — Likening sexual assault in the Air Force's ranks to a cancer, the service's top officer resolved Wednesday to tackle the problem by...

French in Mali

Jeff Danziger | Posted 03.25.2013 | Politics
Jeff Danziger

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