Politics & Policy

The Military Betrays Women

By Elaine Donnelly September 18, 2013

During a recent trip to Camp Lejeune, N.C., Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel met with 15 junior officers at the Marine Infantry School. He asked them about President Obama’s plans ...

Obama Should Remember Our Horse Soldiers

By Elaine Donnelly October 24, 2012

President Obama might want to drop his attacks on Mitt Romney’s “Romnesia.” During Monday’s foreign-policy debate, Obama sarcastically informed the governor about “these things called aircraft carriers” and “ships that ...

Re: A Discussable Issue?

By Elaine Donnelly September 27, 2012

Jay, the drive to order (not allow) women into direct ground-combat infantry battalions is being pushed by the new “diversity,” a concept that departs from the civil-rights tradition of non-discrimination ...

Pentagon Misplaces Priorities on Women in Land Combat

By Elaine Donnelly February 10, 2012

The Pentagon has announced a new policy regarding the assignment of women in combat that does the wrong things for the wrong reasons. Instead of putting the needs of the ...

About Our Troops

By Elaine Donnelly June 14, 2011

Gov. Romney’s answer on gays in the military was lame and illogical. If something is bad for the military in a time of war it is bad for the military ...

Gays in the Military: A Losing Cause

By Elaine Donnelly November 4, 2010

In two of the results from the midterm elections, there’s a useful lesson about one of Pres. Barack Obama’s highest priorities for the lame-duck session. Voters have defeated Army Iraq ...

Asking Too Much from Our Fighting Women

By Elaine Donnelly October 4, 2010

Over the weekend, the New York Times had a long article on women serving in the military. I stand in awe of the courage of the Marine women featured in ...

On Tuesday, the Senate Protected the Military

By Elaine Donnelly September 23, 2010

Much to the dismay of the New York Times, on Tuesday the U.S. Senate refused to be rushed into voting for repeal of the 1993 law regarding homosexuals in the ...

Kagan and DADT

By Elaine Donnelly May 11, 2010

Pres. Barack Obama has chosen to replace the only military veteran on the Supreme Court with extensive wartime experience* with a nominee whose only significant record indicates hostility and opposition to ...

Women in Combat, Ctd.

By Elaine Donnelly February 16, 2010

I’m sure Catherine Ross was a fine soldier, but civil affairs, even in a combat zone, does not fit the definition of direct ground combat: deliberate offensive action, attacking the ...