Hagel stalled, but confirmation still expected
WASHINGTON (AP) - By delaying a confirmation vote on Chuck Hagel to be U.S. defense secretary, Senate Republicans have forced Leon Panetta to remain on the job he is eager to give up...
Remembering black women who have served
theGRIO REPORT - New York's Daily News has published an essay in honor of black women who have served in the military to commemorate Black History Month...
Obama expresses support for US women in combat
WASHINGTON (AP) - Allowing women to serve in combat roles will strengthen the U.S. military's ability to win wars, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said Thursday, shortly before his official announcement of the landmark lifting of the ban...
US military to end ban on women in combat
WASHINGTON (AP) - Senior defense officials say Pentagon chief Leon Panetta is removing the military's ban on women serving in combat, opening hundreds of thousands of front-line positions and potentially elite commando jobs after more than a decade at war...
Why Obama is picking Hagel for Defense secretary
ANALYSIS - Chuck Hagel is a conservative on most issues and his selection allows President Obama, like with his first Cabinet, to say he is reaching across party lines for advice...
Black general demoted for lavish travel, spending
WASHINGTON (AP) - Defense Secretary Leon Panetta has demoted the former head of U.S. Africa Command who was accused of spending thousands of dollars on lavish travel and other unauthorized expenses...
Marine faces boot for anti-Obama Facebook posts
SAN DIEGO (AP) - A Marine sergeant who started a Facebook group that is openly critical of President Obama and posted comments saying he will not follow the unlawful orders of the commander in chief is facing possible dismissal from the Corps...
Black woman sues Defense Department for alleged ape in noose
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A black former Defense Department worker has filed a discrimination lawsuit alleging workplace harassment prompted one of her supervisors to hang a stuffed ape from a noose across from her desk...
US officials formally shut down the war in Iraq
BAGHDAD (AP) - After nearly nine years, 4,500 American dead, 32,000 wounded and more than $800 billion, U.S. officials formally shut down the war in Iraq...
Obama officially ends ban on gays in the US military
WASHINGTON (AP) - Friday's move was expected under the repeal law Congress passed in December. Before "don't ask, don't tell," the military did not allow gays to serve...
