By way of an internal posting and without public notice, the Pentagon announced that benefits to same-sex couples will begin to be provided on Sept. 1, 2013. The benefits are limited, but are another reflection of the repeal of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell (DADT). The benefits to be offered to “same-sex domestic partners,” referred to [...]
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Stewart Slams Republicans, They Target Hillary
The Daily Show with Jon StewartGet More: Daily Show Full Episodes,Indecision Political Humor,The Daily Show on Facebook Is this an impeachable offense? No. Will Hillary Clinton’s evident involvement in the revision of the administration’s line on Benghazi harm her presidential chances in 2016? No. Will this be of great political utility to Republicans? No. Will [...]
Benghazi Hearings, The 2016 Preemptive Strike
The express purpose now is to protect Hillary Clinton, to make sure none of this touches her. – Rush Limbaugh [Liberals Will Protect Hillary at All Costs] THE BENGHAZI hearings today are trained on Hillary Clinton, which became clear if you’ve been listening to Republicans or Rush on right wing radio. The hyper partisan House [...]
Saddle Up, Leon, Hagel Vote Fails 58-40 (Blame the Filibuster)
Fox.com Headline, which has now been changed… Republicans vow to go to war with filibuster over Hagel INHOFE’S FILIBUSTER was hilarious in one regard, which was he actually felt compelled to go to the Senate floor to say it wasn’t a filibuster, even though 51, not 60, votes is a majority. It made Republicans [...]
Bill Kristol, Kelly Ayotte and the Right’s Ignorant Display on Benghazi Continues [Videos]
“The forces were moving… … There was no time or space available to be able to respond in time.” – Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta [C-SPAN - See video below] CONSERVATIVES STUBBORNLY refuse to accept and understand just how quickly the Benghazi, Libya 9/11 terrorist attack engulfed the consulate and also that the Obama administration, [...]
Queer Talk: Pentagon Says Will Extend Some Benefits to Same-Sex Couples
The expectation / hope has been that before leaving as Sec. of Defense, Leon Panetta would extend benefits to the spouses of lesbian and gay servicemembers. The Human Rights Campaign issued a press release which says there will be some extension of benefits. From HRC, Pentagon Vows to Extend Benefits to Gay Service Members, Families: [...]
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: Hagel Nomination as Secretary of Defense “Locked Down”
The White House was calling senators’ offices Sunday to inform them Hagel’s nomination is imminent and to help build support for it, a source familiar with the nomination said. CNN reported Friday that the White House had told some senior members of Congress to expect the tapping of Hagel, and another source with knowledge of [...]
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 [...]
Chris Wallace to Axelrod: Did Obama “Make Calculated Decision to Run Out the Clock” on Benghazi Questions?
Unfortunately your browser does not support IFrames. Watch More News Videos at ABC | 2012 Presidential Election | Entertainment & Celebrity News TODAY ON Fox News Sunday, Chris Wallace took the baton from Sean Hannity and the rest of the FNC partisans, who concocted a CIA narrative that’s been proved false, a story which ABC [...]
“Secret Agreements” Between CIA and State
A few meters to the right is the safe haven’s bathroom. Everything here is blackened by smoke. One of the two white toilets is covered with bloodstains. On the mirror in the bathroom, an unknown person has written a macabre text in a thin layer of ash. “I am Chris from the dead,” it reads. [...]
Top Story: Panetta Comments on Benghazi Response, as Slain Navy SEAL’s Father Speaks Out *Updated*
Your browser does not support iframes. HOW DO you cover an ongoing story without also offering a voice that you believe is part of the right-wing freak show? The father of one of the Navy SEALS called up Glenn Beck, being the first family member to vent, after Ambassador Stevens’s father chastised people for playing [...]
Who Are We Today?
What Secy. Panetta described on 60 Minutes as Obama administration policy is nothing close to what candidate Obama said he’d be as president. But I wonder how many people watching Secy. Leon Panetta found anything at all wrong with what he’s saying in the video above. Whatever Barack Obama once stood for as a constitutional [...]
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