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Senate Democrats craft bill to avert budget cuts

Top Senate Democrats have prepared a plan to slice the Pentagon's budget by $3 billion a year in an attempt to avoid far steeper cuts this year that defense hawks warn would cripple the military.

 

Senate Democrats offer veterans jobs bill, without millionaire's surtax

Senate Democrats offer veterans jobs bill, without millionaire's surtax

Senate Democrats proposed Friday tax incentives for businesses hiring veterans as well as job training for all service members leaving the military. The measure was unveiled as the next piece in President Obama's jobs bill and as a remedy to unemployment among veterans.

 

'Geronimo': Code-name for bin Laden blasted

The top staffer for the Senate Indian Affairs Committee and a Native American tribe are objecting to the U.S. military's use of the code name "Geronimo" for Osama bin Laden.

 

Senate votes to overturn 'don't ask, don't tell'

Senate votes to overturn 'don't ask, don't tell'

Vote clears way for passage of a bill to end policy, putting the campaign to end the ban on gay men and lesbians close to its conclusion.

 

Senate to hold showdown vote on 'don't ask'

The Senate is headed toward a landmark vote Saturday on legislation that would let gays serve openly in the military.

 

Senate blocks repeal of 'don't ask, don't tell'

Senate blocks repeal of 'don't ask, don't tell'

Republicans blocked a last-ditch effort in the Senate to lift the military's ban on openly gay troops on Thursday, dealing a major blow to gay rights groups and making it unlikely Congress could...

 

Inquiry Finds Guards at U.S. Bases Are Tied to Taliban

Afghan private security forces with ties to the Taliban have been hired to guard U.S. military bases in Afghanistan, exposing U.S. soldiers to attack, a Senate investigation found.

 

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