The Army announced Tuesday that a sergeant first class assigned to an assault prevention program at Fort Hood, Texas, is under investigation for sexual assault. [CNN] THE contagion of news about sexual assault in the U.S. military, with the latest news out of Fort Hood, should wake everyone up to a cancer on our Armed [...]
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Call Him Mr. Secretary
THE REPUBLICANS did their worst, but Vietnam war hero Chuck Hagel was confirmed today as President Obama’s Secretary of Defense. A simple majority won the day, 58-41. So, it’s finally over. The biggest loser is Jennifer Rubin, who disgraced herself and the Washington Post with her diatribes and rantings. Senator Ted Cruz was revealed for [...]
With Mika Away, Joe Scarborough Does His Worst on Women in Combat
Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy “There will obviously be limits, correct, for certain assignments women can do based on physical ability. [..] There’s a reason why there are no women are in the NFL… there’s a difference physically between men and women. Can we say that in 2013? [...]
News Desk: Military to Open Combat Positions to Women *Updated*
IN A long overdue move, the U.S. military will now open combat positions to women. Not all positions will be immediately gender neutral, but the changing of a culture has begun, even if the full implementation will take years. Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta announced the decision today. Via CNN: The U.S. military is ending [...]
News Desk: Sen. Schumer Encourages Colleagues to Confirm Chuck Hagel *Updated*
“Based on several key assurances provided by Senator Hagel,” Mr. Schumer said in a prepared statement, “I am currently prepared to vote for his confirmation. I encourage my Senate colleagues who have shared my previous concerns to also support him.” Mr. Schumer is likely to have influence over many of his Senate colleagues, particularly Democrats, [...]
Bill Kristol is Leading Chuck Hagel Swiftboating, Launches Cable Ad Campaign [Video]
What I will say is this: Kristol is offensive, wrong, and this kind of swiftboating must stop, now. I know Chuck Hagel, and consider him a friend. I’m also Jewish. I know who Senator Hagel is, and what he stands for. I also know anti-Semitism when I see it, and for William Kristol to use [...]
Weekly Standard Plays Lap Dog to Iranian Propaganda Press and AIPAC
WHY WOULD the Weekly Standard choose to parrot Iran’s propaganda news organization by repeating their outlandish claims about former Republican Senator Chuck Hagel, President Obama’s likely pick for Secretary of Defense, after Leon Panetta? It’s not easy trumpeting Iranian propaganda and AIPAC, while hitting Obama and a leading former Republican senator, all in the same [...]
Leaving State, the Hillary Effect *Updated*
*Update* United Nations Ambassador Susan Rice will meet with senators on Capitol Hill Tuesday to answer questions about the Sept. 11 attack in Benghazi, Libya. [...] Rice will be accompanied by acting CIA Director Mike Morell while Graham and Sen. Kelly Ayotte, R-N.H., will also attend Rice’s meeting with McCain, which was requested by Rice’s [...]
Until a Republican Tackles the Pentagon Budget He’s Not A Conservative
PAUL RYAN FITS with Mitt Romney’s Pentagon giveaway mindset. David Stockman, Reagan’s former budget man, who isn’t exactly a foreign policy guy, does the math. He begins by naming Paul Ryan’s foreign policy stance what it is, neoconservative imperialism. Mr. Ryan professes to be a defense hawk, though the true conservatives of modern times — [...]
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