VT Law School lifts ban on Military Recruiters on Campus
VLS, which denied access to military recruiters for more than 25 years because “don’t ask, don’t tell” conflicts with the school’s nondiscrimination policy, notified the U.S. Department of Defense on Tuesday, July 19, that its recruiters are welcome back on campus effective immediately.
Pentagon spent billions on contractors that committed fraud
WASHINGTON, Feb. 2 – In a report prepared for Sen. Bernie Sanders, the Department of Defense disclosed that it paid $285 billion over a three-year span to hundreds of military contractors that defrauded the Pentagon during the same period. “With the country running a $14 trillion national debt, my goal is to provide as much [...]
Leahy pushes for repeal of “don’t ask, don’t tell”
The policy forces good and capable people to choose between compromising their integrity and being barred from military service. Of course, these are also the people who handle our national security information and who swear to protect and defend the Constitution. It is unfair to ask those who volunteer for military service to be honest in every aspect of their lives but one.
70 percent of Welch’s earmarks were for military expenditures in 2008, 2009
More than $49M directed to defense companies and the Vermont National Guard in two-year period Please note: This is the first in a series of stories about federal budget earmarks (also known as appropriations requests) made by Vermont’s congressional delegation. Like his compatriots in Congress, Rep. Peter Welch, Vermont’s second-term Democratic congressman, brings home the [...]
