(CNN) — He forged his views of war and the military as a young man in mine-plagued fields of Vietnam. Now Chuck Hagel may become the first Vietnam veteran and first enlisted soldier to serve as U.S. defense secretary. In nominating him to succeed Leon Panetta, President Barack Obama urged the Senate to confirm a…
WASHINGTON (CNN) — If he becomes defense secretary, former Sen. Chuck Hagel will bring Vietnam battlefield experience, criticism of U.S. policy in Afghanistan and tensions with his own Republican Party to the Pentagon. President Barack Obama’s announcement of Hagel’s nomination to the defense post will occur around 1 p.m. Monday, along with the nomination of…
WASHINGTON (CNN) – Calls of concern and support over President Obama’s possible pick to be the next secretary of defense are piling up as former colleagues and special interest organizations take aim at and defend the independent-thinking former senator. Chuck Hagel is believed to be the president‘s preferred candidate to run the Pentagon, but an…
WASHINGTON (CNN) – Seven weeks before voters decide on their next president, a secretly recorded video threatens to further undo Republican candidate Mitt Romney by portraying him as out of touch with ordinary Americans. Taped with a hidden camera at a private fund-raising event in May, the video shows Romney telling his donors that nearly…
In spirit of Pride month, the Israeli military posted a photo of two soldiers walking together while holding hands. The picture, which was posted on the official Israel Defense Forces Facebook page, reads, “It’s Pride Month. Did you know that the IDF treats all of its soldiers equally?” The photo has already garnered 8,000 likes,…
JERUSALEM – An Israeli Health Ministry committee has recommended that gay men be allowed to use a surrogate mother to have a child, reports Haaretz. The public committee, which was set up two years ago to examine policies surrounding fertility and birth, concluded its proceedings last week, issuing a report that may transform Israel into…
JERUSALEM –An advisory committee on transfusion medicine from Israel’s Health Ministry will discuss next month whether to alter the clause that forbids the use of blood from homosexual men, after a similar clause was recently changed in Britain. Reports indicate that the proposed change would allow any man who has had same-sex intercourse 10 or…
Bill Gates said, “In terms of allocation of time resources, religion is not very efficient. There’s a lot more I could be doing on Sunday morning.” Isn’t that the truth – especially here in San Diego! Rev. Dan Flanagan wrote, “For the postmodern person, spirituality is anachronistic. (Definition: The representation of someone as existing or…
Think about the first time that you went back to church. There are many reasons. For some of you, it may have been because of a life crisis, and you needed a place where you could heal, and so you went, and you found a place where you had the space and support to heal….
