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Fox News’ Sean Hannity and Todd Starnes portrayed restraints on proselytization as proof of the Obama administration’s purported “war on religious liberty in the military,” despite the fact that military policy has long prohibited unwanted proselytization. On the May 2 edition of his Fox News show, Hannity claimed that a Pentagon statement reiterating the military’s longtime policy against proselytizing was proof of Obama’s “war on religious liberty.” Starnes added that Christians were “under significant attack” by the Obama administration, under which “we have seen a Christian cleansing of the United States military.” In fact, the U.S. military’s anti-proselytization policy has been consistent among all religions, and it targets only disruptive activities.

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While discussing the recent murder of Kasandra Perkins at the hands of her boyfriend, NFL player Jovan Belcher, Fox News host Dana Perino claimed women who are “victims of violence” need to “make better decisions.” Perino’s comment is just the latest in a long line of Fox figures placing blame on female victims of crime or alleged crimes. Fox’s Perino To Female “Victims Of Violence”: “Make Better Decisions” Fox Host Perino’s Advice To Women Who Are “Victims Of Violence”: “Make Better Decisions.” On the December 5 edition of The Five , co-host Dana Perino stated that “women are victims of violence all the time.” When co-host Greg Gutfeld responded that “[t]hey should have guns,” Perino replied, “Well, maybe. Or make better decisions.” [Fox News, The Five , 12/5/12 ] Fox Figures Have Repeatedly Placed Blame On Female Victims On Sexual Assault: Bill O’Reilly: Rape, Murder Victim Was “Wearing A Miniskirt And A Halter Top.

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Right-wing media figures are trying to change the focus from Mitt Romney’s deceptive debate comments on the size of the U.S. Navy by distorting President Obama’s statements on the changing nature of the military.  During the October 22 presidential debate , Mitt Romney once again invoked the misguided talking point that under Obama, “our Navy is smaller now than any time since 1917.” In response, Obama quipped that “we also have fewer horses and bayonets because the nature of our military’s changed.” Right-wing media figures are responding to this self-evidently true statement by pretending that Obama said that the military no longer uses any bayonets or horses at all. Immediately following the debate, Fox News anchor Chris Wallace highlighted that a Marine “tweeted Fox News and said the Marines still use bayonets. So it may not be clear who doesn’t understand what the military currently uses.”  Conservative blogger Michelle Malkin  complained  that “Mr.

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Fox News’ Stuart Varney and Charles Krauthammer have accused the Obama administration of breaking the law for advising federal contractors not to issue warnings of layoffs that may occur in the wake of budget “sequestration.” But the administration is in fact correctly following the WARN Act, which explicitly disallows blanket notices to all Department of Defense (DOD) contractors before Congress specifies what contracts are to be cancelled.

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In a speech to the American Legion today, Mitt Romney leveled fresh criticism against President Obama, accusing his administration of cutting the benefits of veterans who are returning from Iraq and Afghanistan and going so far as to call plans to cut the Veterans Affairs Department budget a “ crisis .”: Romney charged that the defense budget cuts would affect services for veterans , including the men and women returning from conflict overseas who need psychological counseling. Romney invoked the rising number of suicides – “This is a crisis,” he declared – as he sharpened his attack on the Obama administration’s proposed spending cuts. But Romney’s claim — that veterans’ care will be negatively impacted by sequestration — is not grounded in reality

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The experience of a small business owner who will be promoted at the Republican National Convention sharply diverges from the right-wing media myth her speech is intended to promote. On the day that the GOP convention will tout Fox-fueled myth “We Built It” as its primary theme, Delaware Lt. Gov

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From: Robert Dreyfuss Robert Dreyfuss Don’t expect anything to change at the Department of Defense in 2012.

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On Saturday in San Diego, active-duty soldiers marched in uniform for the first time at an LGBT pride parade. The military contingent was the crowd favorite, attracting the loudest cheers and most picture requests from the 200,000 attendees.

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SunDial 28.2 kW mobile solar energy system in Afghanistan By Gordon Scott and Anusha Narayanan, via the Sierra Club Over the course of the past half-century, the U.S. military has proven prescient when it comes to developing and implementing new technology. From satellites to microwave technology to the internet to cellular phones, the military has taken the lead on nearly every significant technological advance that has later swept the private and consumer markets

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Police departments across the US have begun to amass ‘battlefield-grade arsenals’ thanks to a new federal program which provides excess military equipment to state and local civilian law enforcement agencies, the Danger Room reported Tuesday. The program titled the “Department of Defense Excess Property Program” facilitates the selling of military surplus equipment, such as amphibious tanks, at “virtually no cost except for shipment and maintenance” to small town departments. read more

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