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Army Maj. General Charles Calvin Rogers, theGrio.com
March 17, 2025
According to archives reviewed by theGrio, the page honoring Army Maj. Gen. Charles Rogers was removed Saturday and was reinstated…
March 3, 2021
The Defense Department took more than three hours to dispatch the National Guard to the deadly riot at the U.S.…
December 10, 2020
In a letter provided to theGrio, Tuskegee Airmen Inc. expressed their support for Biden's defense secretary nominee Gen. Lloyd Austin.
Secretary of Defense, Lloyd Autin, theGrio.com
December 9, 2020
President-elect Joe Biden's nomination of retired Army Gen. Lloyd Austin to be secretary of defense has put some Senate Democrats…
November 28, 2020
If picked and confirmed by the Senate, Gen. Lloyd Austin would be the first African American to lead the Pentagon.
November 10, 2020
Pentagon official Anthony Tata, who called President Barack Obama a "terrorist leader" is now running the department's policy.
January 5, 2016
President Obama is about to use his pen and issue a new wave of executive actions on gun control, as the
May 12, 2014
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. team that is in Nigeria assisting the government in its search for nearly 300 abducted…
September 13, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - It’s taken her decades to talk openly about being raped, and the discussion still triggers a flood…
February 26, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) — A deeply divided Senate moved toward a vote Tuesday on President Barack Obama's contentious choice of Chuck…
November 13, 2012
WASHINGTON (AP) - Defense Secretary Leon Panetta has demoted the former head of U.S. Africa Command who was accused of…
December 16, 2011
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A black former Defense Department worker has filed a discrimination lawsuit alleging workplace harassment prompted one of…
July 22, 2011
WASHINGTON (AP) - His decision, which was expected, comes two weeks after the chiefs of the military services told Panetta…
May 25, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - A White House-approved proposal to repeal the ban against gays serving openly in the military is expected…