Today, a group of conservatives will try their hardest to make military fairness a major controversy. Meanwhile, those who are actually risking life and limb for their country will focus on what truly matters: After Tuesday's question-and-answer session, [Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Navy Adm. Michael Mullen] told McClatchy Newspapers that although he's held three town hall sessions with troops since his testimony, not a single service member has asked him about the issue [of Don't Ask Don't Tell repeal]. At Tuesday's session, which included not only Marines, but members of the Army and the Air Force, both ...

A portion of the defense budget hearing will be set aside for "Don't Ask, Don't Tell," DC Agenda reports: "Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Carl Levin (D-Mich.) on Thursday told DC Agenda he’s reserving a portion of the budget hearing next week for lawmakers to ask questions on the 1993 law banning gays from serving openly in the U.S. military. Defense Secretary Robert Gates and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Adm. Michael Mullen are set to testify at hearing, which is set for Tuesday. 'We’re going to have our hearing on the budget on Tuesday with Secretary Gates ...

I don’t know if any of you remember Monty Python and the Spanish Inquisition. These guys would show up in the middle of scenes and yell, “Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition.” Well, this is Blackwater. They are everywhere. This is what progressives feared. Blackwater would be used as a military force to go around Congress. With their tanks and copters, there isn’t much that Blackwater can’t do. They aren’t tied down like our military. They can do whatever they want. From the Nation: At a covert forward operating base run by the US Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC) in the Pakistani ...