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Defense Secretary Leon Panetta (left) and Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Martin Dempsey at a news conference last Thursday announcing the lifting of a U.S. military ban on women in combat.

Courage isn’t the issue, winning is

Military |  Super Bowl Sunday should focus national attention on a glaring issue of inequality. As the Baltimore Ravens and the San Francisco 49ers charge on the field to…

William Boykin
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Soldiering on

Military |  Armed by three decades of combat duty, retired Lt. Gen. William Boykin takes on Washington’s culture battles

Defense Secretary Leon Panetta

The Obama administration’s war on women

Military |  A year after opening some combat positions to women, Pentagon chief Leon Panetta thinks the fairer sex is ready for anything war can throw at them. According…

Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta

Military suicide rate rises but remains below national average

Military |  Suicides in the U.S. military hit a record 349 last year, far exceeding the 295 American combat deaths in Afghanistan. Experts believes the problem reflects…

Afghan President Hamid Karzai (left) and President Obama at a joint press conference on Friday at the White House.

Globe Trot: Early withdrawal, Syrian disaster, Iranian-American pastor …

International |  Afghan forces will take “full responsibility for their nation’s security” this year, announcedPresident Obama on Friday after meeting with Afghan…

Retired Gen. Stanley McChrystal

Globe Trot: Afghanistan troop levels, Mali intervention, Pakistan bombings …

International |  And then there were none. As recently as two weeks ago, military experts were discussing the hard-to-fathom option of the Obama administration leaving as few…

CHANGE OF HEART? Obama in Billings, Mont., in May 2008.
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Adding to the law, taking away from military chaplains

Religion |  WASHINGTON—When President Obama signed a defense spending bill into law on Jan. 2, he included a statement suggesting that his administration might ignore a…

Signs and Wonders: Gay military pay, Boy Scout morals, pro-life heroes …

Signs and Wonders: Gay military pay, Boy Scout morals, pro-life heroes …

Newsworthy |  Adding injury to insult. Allowing homosexuals to openly serve in the military was a moral insult to the nation. Now we get to pay for insult. Homosexuals…

President Obama flanked by Chuck Hagel (left) and John Brennan at Monday's announcment.

Calling names

National Security |  President Obama’s second-term appointments for his national security team draw fire from the right and the left

President Obama (left) and Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta

Selective enforcement

Military |  Military chaplains chastise President Obama’s criticism of a new law’s religious liberty protections

MOVING FORWARD: Karl Holt at Ft. Bragg.
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Broken brains

Military |  Traumatic Brain Injury is the signature injury of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and many soldiers suffer in silence. New treatment can heal the wounds

U.S. Military Academy cadets stand in formation.

West Point dropout blames religion but other issues involved

Military |  A 24-year-old cadet dropped out of West Point this week, less than six months before graduation, saying he could no longer be part of the school’s Christian…

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