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In a letter issued to Congress, 28 retired U.S. generals and admirals called for an end to the military’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy. The law, passed in 1993 prohibits anyone who displays a tendency towards homosexual acts from enlisting in military service because “it would create an unacceptable risk to the high standards of morale…discipline […]

“If anything happens to me, you guys make sure it gets investigated,” was what Spc. Ciara Durkin, told her sister when she was home on leave three weeks ago. The Quincy, Massachusetts native was found shot in the head last week near her office in Afghanistan.  Fiona Canavan, Durkin’s sister reported that Durkin said that she had made some enemies […]