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October 6, 2011
VIDEO - Beyond producing the men known as the "greatest generation", World War II is also being noted as the…
September 21, 2011
OPINION - The taste of victory belongs to the soldiers, who for too long were asked to die, but denied…
September 20, 2011
WASHINGTON (AP) - After years of debate and months of final preparations, the U.S. military passed a historic milestone Tuesday…
September 6, 2011
Global Grind - After his private-jet stunt, Soulja Boy is making news once again and this time, it's because of…
July 29, 2011
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The University of the District of Columbia moved Tuesday to study the cost of erecting a monument…
July 22, 2011
WASHINGTON (AP) - Friday's move was expected under the repeal law Congress passed in December. Before "don't ask, don't tell,"…
April 14, 2011
NEW YORK (AP) - They will be appearing live on the weekday talk show to discuss their campaign for national…
March 9, 2011
Cain, the former CEO of Godfather's Pizza, announced the launch of a presidential exploratory committee for the next election cycle…
March 7, 2011
WASHINGTON (AP) - Sent to the president and lawmakers on Monday, the report says that 77 percent of senior officers…
February 15, 2011
theGRIO VIDEO - U.S. Army Sgt. Charles Monroe King died in Iraq four years ago, but the 200-page journal he…
February 1, 2011
TheGrio's 100 - Before 25-year-old Cpl. Oliver and 39 other female Marines were deployed to interview rural Afghan women last…
January 27, 2011
FORT JACKSON, S.C. (AP) - First lady Michelle Obama is visiting the Army's largest training post to see how the…
December 22, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - Surrounded by senior military officials and members of Congress, Obama said he is proud to sign the…
December 21, 2010
NEW YORK (AP) - Even now, with racial violence largely in the past, blacks hold only about 6 percent of…
December 20, 2010
OPINION - The repeal will take time to fully work itself through military policy from top to bottom. But it…
December 19, 2010
OPINION - Much like those who marched the streets of Detroit, Chicago, Selma and Montgomery -- we must believe...
December 18, 2010
OPINION - When the Senate voted this afternoon, the men and women of our Armed Services finally felt free to…
December 15, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - The House, in introducing the stand-alone bill, sought to avoid the complications of combining it with a…
December 9, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - The vote ends months of political wrangling on the bill and makes congressional action on the repeal…
December 4, 2010
OPINION - Heterosexual couples are rewarded by the U.S. military with higher incomes, better housing benefits and food subsidies. None…