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Time to Remove Prohibitions on Women In Combat Jobs

It has been noted that the military is too male and too white.

(SAN FRANCISCO) - Despite the prohibition on women in combat roles, sixty percent of female war deaths were due to hostile acts.

About 200,000 women have served in Iraq or Afghanistan. Women make up 14.6 percent of active duty military.

Statement by the Press Secretary and Fact Sheets on Trade Adjustment Assistance and Pending Free Trade Agreements

Includes fact sheets on the proposed improvements to the Colombia, Panama, and South Korea Free Trade Agreements.

(WASHINGTON D.C.) - Today, Press Secretary Jay Carney made the following statement on progress on Trade Adjustment Assistance for American workers and pending free trade agreements that will support tens of thousands of American jobs.

“President Obama has fought for an ambitious trade agenda that doubles exports in five years, levels the playing field for American workers, and reflects American values..."

Wildfire Still Threatening Los Alamos Nuclear Facility

The lab has announced that it will remain closed Wednesday.

(LOS ALAMOS, N.M. Accuweather) - AccuWeather.com reports the weather will remain troublesome for crews battling the wildfire threatening Los Alamos National Laboratory in northern New Mexico over the next few days.

Although an increase in humidity early Tuesday morning has been a short-term benefit, a storm system passing by to the north will kick up daily rounds of gusty winds through Thursday.

Reducing Food Waste: Making the Most of Our Abundance

Worldwatch Institute's Nourishing the Planet emphasizes reducing food waste as a means to meet the needs of a growing human population, alleviate hunger, and conserve resources.

(WASHINGTON D.C.) - According to staggering new statistics from the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), roughly one-third of the food produced worldwide for human consumption is lost or wasted, amounting to some 1.3 billion tons per year.

In the developing world, over 40 percent of food losses occur after harvest-while being stored or transported, and during processing and packing.

Vietnamese General Speaks Out Over Agent Orange in Hanoi

...chemical companies who supplied the toxic Agent Orange /dioxin, Dow Chemical & Monsanto to bravely acknowledge their wrong doings and pay compensation to the Vietnamese people.

(HANOI, Vietnam) - On August 10th, 1961, the U.S. forces started the first spraying of toxic chemicals, to launch their “Operation Ranch Hand” that lasted almost a decade in South Vietnam , with its destruction on Vietnam 's environments, ecology system and human health.

On this August 10th, 2011, that marks the 50 years old of the Agent Orange disaster in Vietnam. This is indeed a sad commemoration on the part of the Vietnamese people.

`After you Brother!` Qadaffi stays and Obama leaves?

The White House is reportedly becoming reconciled to the fact that Qaddafi may remain in the Libyan leadership.

(TRIPOLI, Libya) - The 6/27/11 International Criminal Courts (ICC) arrest warrants issued for Muammar Gadhafi, his son Seif al-Islam Gadhafi, and Libya intelligence chief Abdullah al-Sanoussi, however pleasing to the “rebels” and NATO, probably won’t have much effect on negotiating a settlement between the two camps and certainly the warrants will not facilitate a voluntary regime change.

Quite likely, the warrants effects will tend toward the obverse, with the Libyan government ignoring, but ridiculing the much criticized ICC and pointing out its historical pattern of targeting African leaders.

Operation Support Hope

“And he, who I thought was my neighbor, came with swift and easy hate in his hands...” - Paul Laurence Dunbar

(ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.) - “Stop the dying” was the order of the day in Entebbe, Uganda in late July 1994. An American Joint Task Force (JTF) was located on the fourth floor of the Entebbe Airport.

The JTF had been tasked by Washington to provide support to the Rwandan civil conflict that was causing a massive humanitarian disaster.

Sanctioned Government Religious Persecution Top Trend in 2011

The beauty of Falun Dafa; it's persecution in China is officially on our radar. Warning: Photos beyond graphic!

(SALEM, Ore.) - Just as Jesus and Christians suffered from the hands of oppressors, so do Falun Dafa practitioners nowadays face the most evil of persecutions the worlds' history ever witnessed.

Falun Dafa (or Falun Gong) is a cultivation system in the Buddha School based on the principles of the Universe.

Presentation about the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem

"We need a political horizon, it's time to put an end to the Wall, the Checkpoints, it's time for a Palestinian State..." - Fouad Twal

(AMMAN, Jordan) - Pope Benedict appointed Patriarch Twal as a member of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches in 2009.

This 14-minutes movie explores the mission of the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem, in Jordan, Palestine and Israel. His Beatitude Msgr. Fouad Twal speaks about the culture of dialogue and peace, and other prominent speakers.

Migrants and a Crucial Mexican Election

Next Sunday’s election is widely viewed as a harbinger for the 2012 presidential election.

(LAS CRUCES, N.M.) - In the closing days of the campaign for the key 3 July gubernatorial election in Mexico’s most populated state, migration reemerged as one of the local issues.

At a 23rd June meeting in the Mexico state town of Tonatico, center-left candidate Alejandro Encinas Rodriguez agreed to a five-point action plan on migrant-related issues if he is elected governor.