All posts tagged "military"
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Extension of same-sex military benefits off to rough start
The Pentagon’s extension of benefits to same-sex military families continues to face setbacks and roadblocks one month after the updated policy was implemented, now with...
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Little federal response to states blocking same-sex military benefits
Oklahoma became the latest state to stand in defiance of a Pentagon order by halting the processing of requests for benefits from members of the...
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HRC urges fair treatment of Chelsea Manning
The Human Rights Campaign has called on Pvt. Chelsea Manning to be treated with respect by the media and officials in a statement marking the...
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Bradley Manning transitions to female identity: Chelsea Manning
Chelsea E. Manning is the new, female name of Bradley Manning, the Army private who has been convicted of sharing classified documents with WikiLeaks. Manning’s...
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Bradley Manning, sentenced to 35 years, faces uncertain future in military prison
Bradley Manning was sentenced Wednesday by a military judge to 35 years in prison for providing more than 700,000 government files to Wikileaks in one...
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Pentagon extends benefits, including marriage leave, to same-sex military families
Same-sex families will receive equal treatment by the military in less than one month’s time, the Pentagon announced Wednesday. In a memo dated Aug. 13...
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Pocan, Rangel bill seeks to amend records of discharged gay vets
Legislation that would direct Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel to review and amend the records of veterans discharged due to their sexual orientation was formally...
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Senate committee advances Charlie Morgan Act
A Senate committee today approved legislation that would expand federal benefits for same-sex military families. According to a news release, the Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs...
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House Republicans abandon marriage court fight
Lawyers for House Republicans declared in a court filing today an end to their fight over federal statutes similar to Section 3 of the Defense...
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Federal government moves to implement DOMA ruling
Hours after the Supreme Court struck down Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act as unconstitutional, the federal government is moving rapidly to implement...
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OutServe-SLDN Executive Director Allyson Robinson to stay on temporarily after board upset
Following more than 24 hours of turmoil that appeared to threaten to break apart the nation’s largest LGBT military organization, Allyson Robinson said Monday evening...
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OutServe-SLDN board ousts Executive Director Allyson Robinson
The head of the nation’s largest LGBT military organization was asked to resign Saturday following a vote by the board of directors that led several...
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House Republicans seek to expand “conscience clause” in defense bill
House Republicans are again attempting to adopt protections for religious liberty in the military that would open the door to discrimination in the wake of...
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San Francisco Pride and the LGBT divide over Bradley Manning
When Bradley Manning appeared before a military judge at Fort Meade in Maryland on a chilly day in late February, he admitted to being solely...
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Activists petition Pentagon to pull anti-gay pastor from prayer breakfast
Two of the country’s largest LGBT-rights organizations are protesting the participation of an anti-gay California megachurch pastor in a Thursday breakfast at the Pentagon marking...
