Obama stirs racial passions in Harvard case

REUTERS, 7/23/2009 by Jason Szep - BOSTON: President Barack Obama plunged his presidency into a charged racial debate and set off a firestorm in one of America's most liberal bastions by siding with a black Harvard scholar who accuses police of racism. ∴ Saying he was unaware of "all the facts" but that police in Cambridge, Massachusetts, "acted stupidly" in their arrest of Henry Louis Gates, Obama whipped up emotions on both sides of an issue that threatens to open old wounds in America. Read more at Reuters... Read More......

Sec. Gates Overturns Dover Ban Without Consulting Military Families

MILITARY FAMILIES UNITED, 2/26/09 - Defense Secretary Robert Gates today announced that the current ban on the media photographing the transfer cases ceremony at Dover Air Force Base has been overturned. "We at Military Families United are disappointed with this decision because we feel that the families of the fallen heroes were not consulted prior to announcing this unnecessary change in policy. Despite Sec. Gates saying that he received “input from a number of sources, including all of the military services and the organizations representing military families,” Military Families United, the largest military family organization, was not contacted or consulted." To read the Military Families United press statement about this click here. Read More......