via SenateDemocrats A Senate vote Saturday cleared the way for final passage of a bill to end the military’s “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy. For all of us in the Senate, this is one of those days when we feel privileged to be here because we righted a wrong,” said…
Veterans for Peace on 12/16/2010 at the White House in Washington DC http://stopthesewars.org
THIS WEEK: Organizing. First, Kate Aronoff takes a look at labor movements in Iraq. Then, Kyle Crawford considers the role of foreign correspondents. Next, Karim Sariahmed checks in on the Obama Administration’s troop increase in Afghanistan. Finally, we have a report from the archives about Baghdad’s famous Al Rasheed Street.…
via whitehouse Press Secretary Robert Gibbs, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates and General James Cartwright hold a press briefing after participating in the Afghanistan-Pakistan Annual Review with the President at the White House. December 16, 2010.
War News’s Radio’s Kyle Crawford speaks with medical students who are part of the Army’s Health Professions Scholarship Program. This report first aired in July, 2010 Photo: 47th CSH, a modern Combat Support Hospital, Fort Lewis, Washington, 2000. (mp3) In the current economic climate, paying for medical school is a…
Ali Hilli, founder of Iraqi LGBT, talks about violence against the LGBT community in Iraq. Learn more about the work Hilli’s group is doing at iraqilgbt.org.uk.
War News Radio’s Aaron Moser examines coverage of President Obama’s recent trip to Afghanistan. (mp3)