Military & Armed Forces
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- You want to be commander in chief, you can start by standing up for the men and women who wear the uniform of the United States, even when it’s not politically convenient.
- You want to be commander in chief, you can start by standing up for the men and women who wear the uniform of the United States, even when it's not politically convenient.
- Because the end of a war is traditionally thought to be the moment when a president's war powers begin to ebb, bringing combat to a close in Afghanistan and Iraq should lead to a reduction in executive power — including the legitimate basis for detaining the enemy.
- I don't care who you love. If you love this country enough to risk your life for it, you shouldn't have to hide who you are.
- Straight men and women in our armed forces, this argument asserts, aren't professional enough to serve with gay troops while doing their jobs. As a former Army officer, that is an insult to me and, more important, to my fellow soldiers still serving — gay and straight alike.
- It's not the spear, but who holds the spear that matters.
- We don't accept tyranny in the name of religion any more than we accept tyranny in the name of the military.
- I joined the army to save a life. I didn't want to sit on a base.