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Mids describe smooth transition from 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell'
When his roommate at the Naval Academy said jokingly last year that Andrew Atwill was a homosexual, the midshipman told him to cut it out.
His friend didn't know it, Atwill says, but he really was gay — and under the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy,...Tags: Barack Obama, United States Naval Academy, Minority Groups, Don't Ask, Don't Tell Policy Repeal (2010), Joint Chiefs of Staff
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NBC News 'Situation Room' special: The upside of sucking up to White House
The Baltimore SunNBC News announced Friday that Brian Williams' ratings-impaired, journalistically-challenged "Rock Center" newsmagazine will have a report on what it was like inside the Situation Room on the night Osama bin Laden was killed by U.S. Navy Seals. I guess...Tags: Brian Williams, NBC (tv network), National Security, Hillary Clinton, Joint Chiefs of Staff
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U.S. and Pakistan: Uneasy allies
News that the U.S. has resumed drone strikes in Pakistan, killing at least three suspected militants last week in the tribal areas of North Waziristan along that country's border with Afghanistan, could hardly come at a more delicate moment for U.S.-...Tags: Taliban, Armed Conflicts, Elections, Joint Chiefs of Staff, NATO
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Blank check for the military will send America the way of the Soviet Union
When the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991, many strategists suggested that the Cold War arms race had bankrupted its economy and caused its downfall. More than 20 years later, it appears that some in Washington are driving the U.S. toward a similar fate....
Tags: Defense, The Pentagon, Armed Forces, Barbara A. Mikulski, National Security
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Foreign aid keeps us safe
Now that the so-called supercommittee has failed in its task to find $1.2 trillion in budget cuts over the next decade, if Congress does not manage to reach a deal before 2013, across-the-board cuts will be implemented. These cuts would hit the military...Tags: Defense, The Pentagon, National Security, Joint Chiefs of Staff, International Military Interventions
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A Navy man who hit the ground running
The story is perhaps apocryphal but often told. Adm. Mike Mullen was attending a tony affair dressed in civvies when a woman approached to ask what he did for a living. He replied, "Madam, I'm chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff." The woman answered...Tags: Defense, Armed Forces, Minority Groups, Joint Chiefs of Staff, Iraq
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Ending 'Don't ask, don't tell' is about more than gays in the military
Tuesday marked the end of the Pentagon's nearly two-decade policy barring openly gay, lesbian, or bisexual people from military service. The death of "Don't ask, don't tell" is a big win for the LGBT rights community, but it may be an even bigger win...Tags: Defense, Armed Forces, Culture, Minority Groups, Don't Ask, Don't Tell Policy Repeal (2010)
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Marriage equality and race
After narrowly failing to pass a gay marriage bill this year, advocates in Maryland are putting together a savvy and high-powered campaign to persuade a few holdout delegates to embrace the issue. And they're aiming it straight at the constituency that...Tags: NAACP, Family, Minority Groups, Joint Chiefs of Staff, Social Movements
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Sprint says retired admiral Mike Mullen to oversee security
ReutersJune 7 (Reuters) - Mike Mullen, a retired admiral and former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, will join Sprint's board and serve as the company's security director if a deal with Japan's SoftBank Corp closes, Sprint said on Friday. As part of a U....Tags: Japan, Joint Chiefs of Staff
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New subpoena issued for State Department documents in House probe of Benghazi attacks
McClatchy Washington BureauWASHINGTON The Republican lawmaker leading a congressional probe into the 2012 terrorist attacks on U.S. compounds in Benghazi, Libya, on Tuesday subpoenaed documents from 10 current and former State Department officials related to the preparation of...Tags: U.S. Congress, Christopher Stevens, Barack Obama, United Nations, Police Investigations
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Factbox: Benghazi attacks and U.S. politics
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republicans and Democrats are waging a political battle over attacks on U.S. diplomatic facilities in Benghazi in September that killed Washington's ambassador to Libya and three other Americans. Republicans say the attacks...Tags: U.S. Congress, Christopher Stevens, Barack Obama, United Nations, Email
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Obama calls controversy over Benghazi talking points a 'sideshow'
WASHINGTON — President Obama tried to dismiss a brewing controversy over the White House handling of the terrorist attack on Benghazi as a “sideshow” and accused critics of using an attack that killed four Americans for political gain....
Tags: Government, Central Intelligence Agency, Barack Obama, Republican Party, White House
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