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“There is no doubt that military absentee ballots can absolutely define who wins and loses. That was certainly the case in 2000 in Florida with the presidential election,” he said. “And the one thing that we’ve seen thus far in the election cycle is that there are a lot of close races and there are going to be a lot of close races. And these votes, in fact, could make the difference in a lot of these House and Senate races.”

A Christian event on Saturday for Fort Bragg soldiers and members of the surrounding area is unconstitutional and should be canceled, according to a national watchdog group.

The Department of Justice is failing to enforce a law that protects the voting rights of soldiers overseas. They’re allowed to fight and die for their country, but they can’t vote for its leaders?

The top U.S. commander in Afghanistan downplayed expectations Wednesday of plans to withdraw American troops from the war-torn country starting next year and described a major policy review ordered by President Obama as little more than a “mid-course assessment.”

Add abortion to the list of hot-button social issues that could derail a sweeping budget blueprint for the nation’s military.

We found that recruits tend to come from middle-class areas, with disproportionately fewer from low-income areas. Overall, the income distribution of military enlistees is more similar to than different from the income distribution of the general population.

The previous rhetoric of the administration—against new warheads, against the Reliable Replacement Warhead, against testing of warheads—unsettles members of the Senate worried that when push comes to shove the administration will go the direction of the disarmament lobby and the louder voices for global zero.

Note to Obama: Nuclear weapons have helped stabilize the world. – Thomas Sowell

Harry Reid stoops to a new low in attaching his amnesty bill to the defense funding bill essentially holding U.S. troops hostage to advance his own political career.

Senator Inhofe speaks on the Senate floor about the language in the NDAA that would repeal the military’s current Don’t Ask Don’t Tell policy. Congress may take up the legislation as early as next week, and the current language to repeal the policy would be a case of Congress preempting the military’s own year-long study on the impacts of recruitment, readiness, and cohesion.