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WASHINGTON (AP) — The financially struggling U.S. Postal Service said Wednesday it will stop delivering mail on Saturdays but continue to disburse packages six days a week, an apparent end-run around an unaccommodating Congress. The service expects the Saturday mail cutback to begin the week of Aug. 5 and to save about $2 billion annually, said Postmaster General and CEO Patrick R. Donahoe. AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File Letter carrier Kevin Pownall delivers mail in Philadelphia. The financially struggling U.S. Postal Service ann...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Military training to apply the new law allowing gays to serve openly will begin in February and will move quickly, senior Pentagon leaders said Friday. They said there is no intent to delay but would not guarantee full implementation of the repeal this year. The hedge on scheduling came despite assertions by President Barack Obama in his State of the Union speech this week that the repeal of the 17-year-old ban will be finalized in 2011. Speaking to Pentagon reporters, Gen. James Cartwright said he e...
Military rolls out plan to repeal gay ban LOLITA C. BALDOR PAULINE JELINEK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Military training to apply the new law allowing gays to serve openly will begin in February and will move quickly, senior Pentagon leaders said Friday. They said there is no intent to delay but would not guarantee full implementation of the repeal this year. The hedge on scheduling came despite assertions by President Barack Obama in his State of the Union speech this week that the repeal of the 17-year-old ban w...
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama said Wednesday that he's decided to reverse a long-standing policy of not sending condolence letters to the families of service members who commit suicide while in a combat zone. Mental health and troop advocacy groups welcomed the change as a step in the right direction, but said those who die outside the war zones also should be recognized and more should be done to combat suicides among service members. The president said the decision was made after an exhaustive review of the p...
President Barack Obama signs the Don't Ask, Don't Tell Repeal Act of 2010 this morning during a ceremony at the Interior Department in Washington. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of California. is at center, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada is at right. AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais WASHINGTON — Declaring that members of the military will no longer be asked to lie, President Barack Obama fulfilled a campaign promise this morning and signed a landmark law repealing the ban on gay men and women serving openly in t...