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'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' hearing in November32 comments

lpratapas wrote 1 month ago: Carl Levin's spokeswoman confirmed the Senate Armed Services Committee will hold a hearing next … more →

Tags: Carl Levin, CNN's Lauren Kornreich

Senators Escalate Call for Obama to Send More Troops to Afghanistan

jostepbar wrote 2 months ago: The Obama administration is deep in deliberations over whether to build on its counterinsurgency str … more →

Tags: Afganistán, military, Democrats, McChrystal, Afghanistan, Taliban, U. S. Troops

John Stanton: US Congress Rewards Failure, Puts Personnel in Harm’s Way3 comments

Maximilian Forte wrote 2 months ago: This is John Stanton’s 20th article on the Human Terrain System, with his previous ones available he … more →

Tags: Human Terrain Teams, counterinsurgency, human terrain system, htt, hts, BAE Systems, Pentagon, DoD, John Stanton

U.S. Congress and the Human Terrain System3 comments

Maximilian Forte wrote 2 months ago: To supplement the report by John Stanton, “US Congress Requests Assessment of Army‘s Human Ter … more →

Tags: colonialism/imperialism, Notes & Quotes, counterinsurgency, BAE Systems, Pentagon, Militarization, DoD, John Stanton, tradoc

John Stanton: U.S. Congress to Assess Human Terrain System5 comments

Maximilian Forte wrote 2 months ago: This is John Stanton’s 19th article on the Human Terrain System, with his previous ones availa … more →

Tags: colonialism/imperialism, Human Terrain Teams, counterinsurgency, human terrain system, htt, hts, BAE Systems, Pentagon, DoD

Rhetorical Presidency2 comments

christinablunt wrote 3 months ago: by ChristinaBlunt The Washington Post announced on Tuesday that between 2,000 and 4,000 military tra … more →

Tags: Political, Economic and Urban Sociology, Collective Behaviour and Social Movements, Communication and Media, Culture, War, Afghanistan, President Obama, Admiral Michael Mullen, troop surge

Gunfight At The D.C. Corral1 comment

Killian Bundy wrote 3 months ago: Check out candidate “Judgment to Lead” Obama, back in the day, talking smack at McCain a … more →

Tags: Blog Entry, Barack Obama, Congress, Afghanistan, Democrats, NATO, al-Qaeda, Pakistan, Nancy Pelosi

NO to more US troops in Afghanistan-Chairman Carl Levin Senate Armed Services Committee

Moin Ansari wrote 3 months ago: The powerful Chairman of the Senate Arms Forces Committee is not amenable to allow more US troops to … more →

Tags: Pak CA, Current Affairs, US Poli, US Int Rel., US CA, Afghanistan, Chairman Carl Levin, NO to more US troops in Afghanistan

Suicide soars among US soldiers: 141 suicides since January!

agaahipk wrote 4 months ago: Press Tv As the US government throws its weight about the globe, hundreds of thousands of men, women … more →

Tags: War-on-terror, Report, U. S. A., World, Afghanistan, terrorrism, 9/11, al-Qaeda, america

Can You Define "Wasteful?"

texan2driver wrote 4 months ago: How Obama defines wasteful spending is beyond me. Let me see if I have this straight. Funding new ta … more →

Tags: National Defense, obama, Bailout, uaw, China, national debt, GM, Chrysler, Russia

Suicide soars among US soldiers: 141 suicides since January!3 comments

pakalert wrote 4 months ago: Press Tv As the US government throws its weight about the globe, hundreds of thousands of men, women … more →

Tags: Press TV, Afghanistan, 9/11, iraq, USA, al-Qaeda, america, War-on-terror, US Government

Square-Filling Yes-Men Compromising National Security

texan2driver wrote 5 months ago: What is our idiot, box-checking, square-filling, yes-man Air Force “leadership” doing? Who’s running … more →

Tags: National Defense, Pentagon, Robert Gates, Defense Secretary, DoD, F-22, Gen. James Cartwright, Joint Staff

Senate Testimony on Support for Military Family Programs

pamelase wrote 6 months ago: Photo credit Win McNamee/Getty Images The Departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs have made the … more →

Tags: Politics, Military Families, Pamela E, Senate Testimony on Military Families

Rebuffing Bush and Cheney

rybautistajr wrote 6 months ago: Former Vice President Dick Cheney has been busy doing the rounds lately defending Bush-sanctioned in … more →

Tags: Law, Politics, bush, Cheney, cia memos, robert mueller, Sen. Carl Levin, Torture, un geneva convention against torture

Is There a Need for Abu Ghraib II Photos2 comments

Tom Awtry wrote 7 months ago: Several weeks ago I was trapped in dense traffic on the highway heading home and after a thirty minu … more →

Tags: Iraqi, obama, Politics, FOIA, Congress, Bush administration, ACLU, American Civil Liberties Union, Torture

Prosecution of Bush Six Back On

rogerhollander wrote 7 months ago: www.thedailybeast.com, April 29, 2009 by Scott Horton |   AP Photo; Nick Wass / AP Photo The Daily B … more →

Tags: Torture, Criminal Justice, War crimes, roger hollander, Alberto Gonzales, Guantanamo, abu ghraib, Torture, Augusto Pinochet

My Letter to President Obama & Congress Re Torture Under the Bush Administration9 comments

Suzanne Robinson wrote 8 months ago: Dear President Obama and Members of Congress: It is the legal duty of our Justice Department to inve … more →

Tags: Politics, Anti-torture Laws, Bush administration, Congress, Geneva Convention, George W. Bush, Justice, Justice Department, obama

The Torture Memos

The Block FM wrote 8 months ago: Cassie, Tim & Brent get into a heated discussion about the torture memos that were released on T … more →

Tags: John McCain, corruption, Joe Biden, Barack Obama, Buzz, iraq, International Issues, Torture, Guantanamo

Those efforts damaged our ability to collect accurate intelligence that could save lives, strengthened the hand of our enemies, and compromised our moral authority

Tony Sidaway wrote 8 months ago: For the full report, see here. SENATE ARMED SERVICES COMMITTEE INQUIRY INTO THE TREATMENT OF DETAINE … more →

Tags: Law, Politics, Senate, War-on-terror


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