Category Archives: Pentagon

In one stroke, a new Obama national security team

By doris | Published: April 30, 2011

Full Story at msnbc.com WASHINGTON — The reshuffled national security team President Barack Obama introduced on Thursday will be charged with fighting not only the overseas war in Afghanistan but also budget battles at home over Pentagon spending that has ballooned into a fat target for politicans exercised by the national deficit. As his re-election [...]

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Study: U.S. military can safely end ban on gays

By doris | Published: December 1, 2010

Full Story at msnbc.com WASHINGTON — A Pentagon study on gays in the military has determined that overturning the law known as “don’t ask, don’t tell” might cause some disruption at first but would not create any widespread or long-lasting problems. The study provided ammunition to congressional Democrats struggling to overturn the law. Even with [...]

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Clinton: GOP ‘banking on you not thinking’

By doris | Published: October 24, 2010

Full Story at FirstRead.msnbc.msn.com BALTIMORE — Former President Bill Clinton thinks that voters need to pay attention to the facts like they pay attention to their sports. “When we care about something that’s really important to us, like football or basketball or the World Series — some life or death deal like that,” he said [...]

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Spy swap was a mistake

By doris | Published: July 10, 2010

Full Story at CNN.com (CNN) — The Obama administration’s rush to sweep the recent Russian spy scandal off the table as quickly as possible with this swap is a bad move on several counts. It is understandable and correct that President Barack Obama values the overall U.S.-Russian relationship above the question of whether a few [...]

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Pentagon urges decrease in spending on troops

By doris | Published: May 9, 2010

Full Story atmsnbc.com WASHINGTON – The Pentagon, not usually known for its frugality, is pleading with Congress to stop spending so much money on the troops. Through nine years of war, service members have seen a healthy rise in pay and benefits, leaving most of them better compensated than their peers in the private sector.

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