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For Breaking Ranks on Gays, Mullen Is in Rare Company

WASHINGTON (Feb. 4) – Most military officers are taught to follow the apolitical lead of Army Chief of Staff Gen. George C. Marshall, who wrote in 1941, "As to my political faith, I have never voted, my father was a Democrat, my mother a Republican, and I am an Episcopalian." But Adm. Michael Mullen's stunning...

Leading Pundit on Gay Rights Sits In on Hearing

WASHINGTON (Feb. 2) – It isn't every day that the nation's top military leaders testify to Congress in favor of allowing gays to serve openly in the ranks. And so, like countless other celebrities who have made their way up Capitol Hill for a cause, the eponymous host of MSNBC's "The Rachel Maddow Show" was on hand...

Reporter's Notebook: 7 Scenes From the Afghan Surge on Capitol Hill

WASHINGTON (Dec. 2) - There was a sense of déjà vu all over again at the first in a series of Capitol Hill hearings on the Obama administration's new strategy in Afghanistan. "This is the second surge I'm up here defending," Defense Secretary Robert Gates told the Senate Armed Services Committee. A holdover from the Bush...