Archive for November, 2010

This afternoon the Department of Defense released the ‘Report of the Comprehensive Review of the Issues Associated with a Repeal of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”. The report found that the majority of military personnel and their families support ending “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”, the policy which currently bans gay men and women from serving openly in the armed forces, and that the risk to military effectiveness of doing so is low. The report and its authors were tasked with two objectives: assess the impact of repeal of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell on military readiness, effectiveness, unit cohesion, recruiting, and retention, as well as recommend appropriate changes, if necessary, to existing policies in the event of repeal. The reports findings are based on a …

WASHINGTON (AP) — Who would have thought that something so humble as a street sign could ignite such passion?

The Obama administration sought to distance itself Tuesday from an obscure transportation regulation that requires local governments to…

The U.S. House on Tuesday passed a $1.15 billion measure to fund a settlement initially reached between the Agriculture Department and minority farmers more than a decade ago.

Broward County’s Shannon Estenoz on Tuesday was named the Everglades restoration point person in South Florida for the U.S. Department of Interior.

Estenoz, a longtime Everglades advocate, plans to step down later this month as Broward County’s appointed…

President Barack Obama has vowed to create an ‘extremely civil’ relationship
with a stronger Republican party as he offered tax concessions in the hope
of securing approval for a Russian treaty.

Allowing openly gay or lesbian troops serve in the military would have little lasting impact on the U.S. armed forces, according to a Pentagon report on the ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ law.

WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker-in-waiting John Boehner (BAY’-nur) says today’s meeting with President Barack Obama was “nice.” But he says the question is: can the two parties find “common ground” on extending Bush-era tax cuts. A bipartisan…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Jimmy Carter has dropped by the White House to greet President Barack Obama and discuss international affairs with the president’s national security adviser.

National Security Council spokesman Mike Hammer said…