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U.S. Senate repeals gay ban: "A stain on our nation will be lifted forever"

On December 18, 2010, in Uncategorized, by Rusty Ray, Executive Editor

The 17-year old policy banning gays from openly serving in the U.S military has been repealed by the Congress and is headed to President Barack Obama’s desk just in time for Christmas.

The U.S. Senate, in a special Saturday session, formally repealed the ban on gays by a 65-31 vote with a handful of Republican cross overs. The U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday voted to repeal the “Don’t Ask Don’t Tell Policy” by a 250-175 vote on a mostly party line vote…

Decade of War: President Obama declares end to Operation Iraqi Freedom as 50,000 troops remain

On September 1, 2010, in Uncategorized, by Rusty Ray, Executive Editor

Calling it a historic moment, U.S. President Barack Obama announced on Tuesday that combat operations in Iraq had ended and the 50,000 transitional troops left behind would return home by the end of 2011.

“From this desk, seven and a half years ago, President Bush announced the beginning of military operations in Iraq,” the President said in an 8 p.m. televised speech to the nation. “Much has changed since that night.”

Obama said a war to disarm a state became a fight against an insurgency, while terrorism and sectarian warfare threatened to tear Iraq apart…