Feb 3rd, 2010 · Seventeen years after its passage in Congress, the military's Don't Ask, Don't Tell policy's days may be numbered. Last week President Obama told Congress he wants to work with lawmakers and the military this year to end that policy, which has led to the expulsion from the armed forces of more than thirteen-thousand gay and lesbian servicemembers. Defense Secretary Robert Gates announced plans Tuesday for a yearlong study of how a repeal of Don't Ask, Don't Tell might affect the military. And a key Senate panel had its first hearing on such a repeal.
Keywords: Congress · policy · Senate · lawmakers · military · Gay · Lesbians · yearlong · expulsion · Defense Secretary Robert Gates · servicemember · President Obama
Feb 3rd, 2010 · Seventeen years after its passage in Congress, the military's Don't Ask, Don't Tell policy's days may be numbered. Last week President Obama told Congress he wants to work with lawmakers and the military this year to end that policy, which has led to the expulsion from the armed forces of more than thirteen-thousand gay and lesbian servicemembers. Defense Secretary Robert Gates announced plans Tuesday for a yearlong study of how a repeal of Don't Ask, Don't Tell might affect the military. And a key Senate panel had its first hearing on such a repeal.
Keywords: Congress · policy · Senate · lawmakers · military · Gay · Lesbians · yearlong · expulsion · Defense Secretary Robert Gates · servicemember · President Obama
May 21st, 2009 · In his new memoir Lost Boy, Brent Jeffs talks about growing up in the polygamist FLDS chuch, his expulsion from the community, and his sexual-abuse lawsuit against his controversial uncle Warren Jeffs.
Keywords: community · boys · lawsuit · memoir · Sexual · uncle · royalty · expulsion · Polygamist · Warren Jeffs · FLDS · emLost
May 20th, 2009 · For the first time, an Iraqi government minister faces expulsion from his job after being accused of corruption on a massive scale.
Keywords: minister · Iraq · corruption · ministry · investigators · expulsion
Mar 6th, 2009 · The Sudanese government has shut down more than a dozen aid groups working in Darfur in the wake of the International Criminal Court's decision to issue an arrest warrant for Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir. As a result, millions of people will go without the basic necessities of life.
Keywords: Sudan · Darfur · International Criminal Court · necessities · expulsion · al Bashir · Sudanese President Omar
Mar 5th, 2009 · President Omar al-Bashir, wanted by an international court on war crimes charges, ordered at least 11 agencies to leave. Aid workers warned that the expulsion order could spark a humanitarian crisis for up to 2 million people in Darfur who are directly served by the agencies, receiving food, shelter and medical supplies.
Keywords: Sudan · Food · crime · president · shelter · crisis · medical · workers · supplies · Darfur · agencies · humanitarian
Nov 18th, 2008 · At this point Republican incumbent Ted Stevens is behind Democratic challenger Mark Begich by just over a thousand votes. Even if he's able to pull off a victory, Stevens still faces an expulsion vote in the Senate. His Republican colleagues put off a preliminary step toward one Tuesday — waiting to see what happens in Alaska.
Keywords: Republicans · Democrats · Senate · victory · Sen · Alaska · incumbents · Challenger · Steven · expulsion · Ted Stevens · Begich
Jul 19th, 2007 · Russia says it will expel four British diplomats, answering Britain's decision to eject four Russian diplomats amid a standoff over the poisoining of former KGB officer Alexander Litvinenko. Many had expected Russia's response to the expulsion of its diplomats from London three days earlier to be far worse.
Keywords: officer · British · London · diplomats · standoff · Russia · Britain · Envoys · KGB · expulsion · Alexander Litvinenko · poisoining
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