Tag Archives: President Barack Obama
Yesterday Deborah and I attended a White House event hosted by the President and First Lady announcing an exciting new effort that renews and enhances our Nation’s commitment to our military families. Strengthening Our Military Families: Meeting America’s Commitment advances …
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By Robert L. Gordon, III, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (Military Community and Family Policy) President Barack Obama today announced the findings of a study which identifies an enduring, government-wide approach to enhance the resilience of military families and to …
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In the “DoD This Week” podcast for Dec. 30: This week, we revisit the major events of 2010. In January, servicemembers began humanitarian aid in Haiti after the country was devastated by an earthquake; in April, the U.S. Coast Guard …
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In the “DoD This Week” podcast for Dec. 23: President Barack Obama signed the repeal of the 17-year-old law, known as “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell“; Leonard Toyer, financial counselor, Army Community Services at joint base Myer-Henderson Hall, and Barbara Thompson, …
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This morning in a historic ceremony, President Barack Obama signed the Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell Repeal Act of 2010 into law in a ceremony at the Department of the Interior. “Valor and sacrifice are no more limited by sexual orientation …
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