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Republicans push ‘religious freedom’ provision to weaken repeal of ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’
Republican senators on Monday touted a “religious freedom” provision in the annual defense spending bill that critics say would provide a “license to bully” LGBT service members. The provision, introduced by Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) and consponsored by Ted Cruz (R-TX) and David Vitter (R-LA), requires the military to accommodate…
Senate approves $631 billion defense budget
The US Senate unanimously passed the Pentagon’s 2013 budget on Tuesday, despite a political impasse over debt reduction that could see huge cuts to military spending next year. After months of negotiations, lawmakers voted 98-0 to approve the $631 billion National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013, which actually…
Group pushes to lift ban on abortion care for women in the military
The Senate attached an amendment Thursday to the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) that seeks to lift the ban on abortion insurance coverage for women in the military who are victims of rape, according to RH Reality Check. Known as the Shaheen Amendment, named for Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) who…
Chris Hedges: Ruling overturning indefinite detention provision of NDAA is ‘huge’
Earlier this week, a federal judge blocked a provision of the National Defense Authorization Act which had provided for the possibility of indefinite detention of anyone, including American citizens, charged with providing “substantial support” for terrorist organizations. Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter Chris Hedges, who was one of the plaintiffs in the…
Federal judge blocks indefinite detention provision of NDAA
A federal judge has temporarily blocked enforcement of a controversial provision in last year’s National Defense Authorization Act regarding the detention of terrorism suspects. Last year, debate raged over the multi-billion dollar defense funding bill. Civil liberties advocates and others warned that provisions in the NDAA of 2012 could allow…
Obama Administration threatens to veto defense budget
The Obama Administration on Tuesday threatened to veto the National Defense Authorization Act of 2013 over provisions related to Guantanamo Bay and same sex marriage. The House Armed Services Committee approved the $642 billion defense budget last week by a 56-5 vote. The budget is $8 billion over the military…
Rep. Adam Smith urges Congress to remove indefinite detention from NDAA
Rep. Adam Smith (D-WA) urged his colleagues on Monday to ensure that next year’s National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) did not allow the military to detain anyone on U.S. soil without trial. The NDAA of 2013 released by House Armed Services Committee Chairman Howard McKeon includes language stating that any…
Hedges: NDAA is ‘chilling’ the practice of journalism
Speaking about his lawsuit against the U.S. government over its claim that it may indefinitely imprison anyone it believes to be involved in terrorism, journalist Chris Hedges warned that the 2011 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) is already having a “chilling” effect on the serious practice of journalism. That’s because…
WATCH LIVE: Senate hearing on ‘indefinite detention’
The Senate Judiciary Committee hearing titled “The Due Process Guarantee Act: Banning Indefinite Detention of Americans” will discuss provisions of the National Defense Authorization Act. The hearing was scheduled to begin at 10 a.m. Watch this live video from The U.S. Senate, broadcast Feb. 29, 2011. …
Ron Paul proposes bill to repeal indefinite detention provision
Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX) introduced legislation to the U.S House on Wednesday that would repeal Section 1021 of the National Defense Authorization Act of 2012. The $662 billion defense spending bill contained controversial provisions, Sections 1021 and 1022, that required terrorism suspects to be detained by the military without trial,…
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