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...join forces with LGBT activists in order to push for greater equality. “The Obama movement shows that groups that see a common purpose can come together to see a new common destiny,” McCarthy said. McCarthy said that LGBT activists may feel that the election of Barack Obama was a “blow” to their cause, as the president-elect has said publicly that he is not in favor of same-sex marriage. However, McCarthy said he believes that Obama “personally supports” the legalization of gay marriage...
After his December 7th nomination as President-elect Barack Obama's Secretary of Veterans Affairs, Retired Army Gen. Eric Shinseki became living proof that one President's trash can be another President's treasure. The decorated veteran is most remembered for his controversial role as Army Chief of Staff in the Bush Administration. His testimony in front of the Senate Armed Services Committee regarding the need for several hundred thousand troops in Iraq was challenged and dismissed as "wildly off the mark" by the Department of Defense. Spoiler alert: Shinseki ended up being right, but his public dissent...
While there are significant differences in the circumstances of the two groups of defendants, and in the rights provided them, RMC 804 differs little from RCM 804. Should an accused confined at GTMO be permitted to elect whether he will attend the sessions of his own military commission, contrary...
...Unless removed for cause by the military judge, an accused who has voluntarily absented himself from the proceedings may elect to be present at any future session of the commission. Following such an election, at the accused's first renewed presence at the proceedings, the military judge may conduct such inquiry as may be necessary in the interests of decorum and the integrity of the proceedings...
...right"- President-elect Barack Obama on Shinsaki's prediction of the troop levels needed to maintain the peace in Iraq...