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slate.com - 22 days ago
If women can defend Fort Hood, they can defend America.
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Fort Hood, Texas, hosts tens of thousands of men who are trained to fight for their country. But none of them stopped Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan as he blew away 13 of their colleagues Thursday afternoon. It was a civilian police officer, Sgt. Kimberly Munley, who shot him. For her trouble, Munley took a bullet in her leg. Maybe the president will also pin a medal on her. [ more ... ] Fort Hood - United States - Police officer - Military - Texas
blog.newsweek.com - 22 days ago
Is Fort Hood a Harbinger? Nidal Malik Hasan May Be a Symptom of a Military on the Brink.
— blog.newsweek.com —   What if Thursday's atrocious slaughter at Fort Hood only signals that the worst is yet to... come? The murder scene yesterday afternoon at the Killeen, Texas, military base, the largest in the country, was heart-wrenching. Details remained ... (more) Is Fort Hood a Harbinger? Nidal Malik Hasan May Be a ...

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corner.nationalreview.com - 22 days ago
Political Correctness and the Ft. Hood Shooting -- By: NRO Staff
— corner.nationalreview.com — "Overseas, you are ready for it. But here, you can't even defend yourself," said Jerry Richard, a... Fort Hood solider who was nearby when Major Nidal Hasan went on his shooting rampage. What do the Pentagon bureaucrats have to say about that? If ... (more) Political Correctness and the Ft. Hood Shooting -- By: ...

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If women can defend Fort Hood, they can defend America.
Slate Magazine — Fort Hood, Texas, hosts tens of thousands of men who are trained to fight for their country. But none of them stopped Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan as he blew away 13 of their colleagues Thursday afternoon. It was a civilian police officer, Sgt. Kimberly Munley, who shot him. For her trouble, Munley took a bullet in her leg. Maybe the president will also pin a medal on her. [more ...] Fort Hood - United States - Police ...

A Failed Social Experiment
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan — Will Saletan wants the ban on women in combat scrapped: The question isn't whether men are physically stronger than women on average. Of course they are. The question is whether to translate that average into a rule against women in combat. The 2009 Navy policy, for example, states that women must be barred from jobs whose "physical requirements would necessarily exclude the vast majority of women service members." Why should some women be excluded based on the performance of others? Would you tolerate such an ...

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