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Obama removes Suu Kyi's release from statement

America Blog  Nov 15 09

Maybe he's a fierce advocate for human rights too. Reaching out to Myanmar to try another path forward is fine but dropping calls for the release of Suu Kyi in a public statement is beyond disappointing.
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Fort Hood shooter alive, more updates

America Blog  Nov 06 09

The AP is saying the shooter survived and will likely recover. Friendly fire could have contributed to the high casualty rate during the confusion.
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Marine Corp Boss Openly Opposing DADT Repeal

Topix Gay News  Nov 02 09

An article in today's Washington Times is reporting that Marine Corps Commandant Gen. James T. Conway has emerged in internal Pentagon deliberations as the most outspoken opponent of permitting gay men and women to serve openly in the U.
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Hearings On Nomination Of Gen. Clifford Stanley to DoD Post Likely To Be Crucial To Debate On DADT

Topix Gay News  Oct 22 09

Marine Corps Commandant Gen. James Conway wants to hear from his generals as to what they think of ending the law known as Don't Ask, Don't Tell.
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Senator Udall wants Pentagon to provide repeal plan on DADT in 30 days

America Blog  Oct 15 09

Now remember, this isn't asking the president to lift the ban on gays in the military in 30 days. It's asking his generals to provide the Senate with their plans for how they are going to implement lifting the ban.
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War Room Book Club

Andrew Sullivan The Daily Dish  Oct 12 09

George Packer looks at what Obama and the generals are reading: Richard Perle once told me that no one in Washington reads books.
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Dream Candidates

Andrew Sullivan The Daily Dish  Sep 30 09

Friedersdorf picks his ideal GOP 2012 contenders: My somewhat uninformed guesses: David Petraeus and Colin Powell (who’d have all kinds of difficulty winning the primary).
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Leave The Hearts To Generals, Minds To Journalists

Andrew Sullivan The Daily Dish  Jul 20 09

by Chris Bodenner Tom Friedman writes: In grand strategic terms, I still don’t know if this Afghan war makes sense anymore.
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Two generals calls for long, slow ‘review’ of DADT policy

Qnews  Jul 05 09

A high-profile former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Colin Powell, repeated in a talk-show interview aired today that it’s time to “review” the military’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy, but said that the review should be part of  long and slow process.
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UK closer to public Iraq war inquiry

America Blog  Jun 22 09

It has yet to be decided whether Tony Blair will be placed under oath though for the inquiry. British politicians have been arguing whether to make this a private or public inquiry, using the Falklands review as the model.
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Don't Miss "Ask Not" Tuesday on PBS

Bilerico  Jun 12 09

At the opening of Ask Not, a startling film to be aired nationally on PBS on Tuesday, June 16th, three generals are asked if homosexuality is compatible with military service.
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