From: voa on Fri, Mar 26 2010 12:53 PM

Earlier this year, President Barack Obama called on Congress to repeal the U.S. military’s policy of expelling openly gay service members. Since then, some of the nation's top military officials and commanders have voiced support for changing the policy pending a thorough review process. In...

From: voa on Wed, Feb 03 2010 7:06 AM

Admiral Mike Mullen, the chairman of the Joint Joints of Staff and America’s top military officer, has endorsed President Barack Obama's desire to integrate open homosexuals into the U.S. military.  Admiral Mullen testified Tuesday before the Senate Armed Services Committee after Defense Se...

From: voa on Sat, Jan 30 2010 6:44 AM

The Haiti earthquake created a huge and urgent need for water, food, medicine and other services - a need that required governmental and private response. There has been some criticism, by officials from other countries, of the huge involvement of the U.S. military. But U.S. officials say the on...

From: voa on Fri, Aug 21 2009 3:36 PM

President Obama says the United States will boost its national security by maintaining the world’s most-potent military and eliminating wasteful defense spending. Addressing a national convention of Veterans of Foreign Wars in Arizona, the president pledged to use America's military might w...