We are starting to see some movement on the DADT front: Tomorrow, Congress will be holding its first hearing in 17 years on Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell, the 1993 law that bars gay men and women from serving openly in the military. LGBT leaders expect that Defense Secretary Robert Gates will announce that while Congress […]
From CNN: The CNN/Opinion Research Corporation survey, released Monday, suggests that 70 percent have a favorable opinion of Powell, who was Secretary of State during President George W. Bush’s first term, and who served as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff during the Persian Gulf War. Only 30 percent of those polled have a […]
That’s how a new report describes the Iraq War, and even goes as far as saying the “outcome is in doubt”. This isn’t a report by some left-wing group, but a report by National Defense University, the Pentagon’s top educational institute. The report was written by Joseph Collins, a former top Rumsfeld aide. He even […]
I guess John McCain should just concede to the Democrats now: About 8,000 of the 30,000 “surge” troops sent to Iraq in 2007 will not go home as planned this summer, the Pentagon said Monday. Support troops — including helicopter crews, supply units, military police and headquarters staff — will still be needed when the […]
It seems like a lot of top people say this, but will it ever happen? The chief of the U.S. military said Sunday he favors closing the prison here as soon as possible because he believes negative publicity worldwide about treatment of terrorist suspects has been “pretty damaging” to the image of the United States. […]
They call it a press conference, but we all know it is a lie conference, where Bush exhibits his contempt for the American people by flat out telling them lies. He must really think we are a bunch of stupid people. First off Think Progress brings us this very interesting fact: During the reign of […]
Again, Bush proves he just says anything to try and make the public happy. The Bush administration is split over the idea of a surge in troops to Iraq, with White House officials aggressively promoting the concept over the unanimous disagreement of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, according to U.S. officials familiar with the intense […]
Bush is losing support in all corners now: Former Secretary of State Colin Powell, parting company with President Bush, came out against harsh interrogations of terror suspects even as the president lobbied personally for it on Capitol Hill Thursday. “I will resist any bill that does not enable this program to go forward with legal […]
This is definitely one for the WTF column. The U.S. military’s top commander said Wednesday that he underestimated the extent of the reluctance of the Iraqi people to accept a unified government, and he thought citizens would more quickly embrace the idea of a central government. “I think that I certainly did not understand the […]
From the Washington Post Sunday, March 5, 2006; A04 Guests to be interviewed today on major television talk shows: FOX NEWS SUNDAY (WTTG), 9 a.m.: Gen. Peter Pace , chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. David Johnson , director of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and former Federal Emergency Management Agency director […]