Gates’ statements reflect what the Pentagon has been saying as well – namely that any military support could not have arrived in Benghazi in time anyway.
GOP View On Benghazi ‘Cartoonish’ Says Former Bush Defense Secretary (VIDEO)
by Abby Miller •
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After The Repeal Of DADT – LGBT People Are Still Second Class Military Personnel
by Wendy Gittleson •
There’s plenty in the memo for everyone, including civil rights advocates and right-wing Christian bigots, to hate.
Addicting Info’s Weekly News Roundup — Week Of February 3rd-9th
by Elisabeth Parker •
This week’s ‘Addicting Info’ news in review, divvied up into your favorite categories, including Those Danged Republicans, Guns, Gays, and The Jabbering Classes.
Panetta On Meet The Press: ‘Knives Out For Hagel,’ But Unenthusiastic About Selection (VIDEO)
by Shannon Barber •
The consensus on this morning’s show seemed to be that Senator Hagel was unprepared for the confirmation.
BREAKING: Secretary Of Defense Leon Panetta To End Ban On Women In Combat
by The Rambling Fool •
The end of the ban will herald a new era for the members of every branch of the military.
Terror Porn – Senators Outraged By ‘Zero Dark Thirty’ Depictions Of Torture
by Lorraine Devon Wilke •
The torture scenes jump-start the film and place us as reluctant witnesses to activity that is both repugnant and inhumane…’it’s a movie not a documentary.’
China And Japan Relationship Erodes During Protests Over Border Dispute
by Nathaniel Downes •
At the heart of the matter a series of small, uninhabited islands between Taiwan and Okinawa.
BREAKING: Secretary Of Defense Announces $487 Billion In Defense Cuts
by Stephen D. Foster Jr. •
The trillion-dollar defense budget is being cut in half over the next ten years. Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta announced on Thursday that the Department of Defense will ask for a budget of approximately 525 billion dollars which is about where the budget was before September 11, 2001.
Secretary Of Defense Leon Panetta Says Iran Is NOT Developing Nuclear Weapons (VIDEO)
by Stephen D. Foster Jr. •
During an appearance on Face the Nation on CBS, Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta stated that Iran is NOT building a nuclear weapon.
Santorum Advocates Assassinating Scientists
by Wendy Gittleson •
The vehemently ‘pro-life’ candidate told a group in South Carolina that it would be a ‘wonderful thing’ for Iranian nuclear scientists to turn up dead.