Page 32 - Anthony Shaffer News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

days of rising flood waters in parts of minnesota and wisconsin. no reports of deaths or injuries though. but the flooding is expected to last throughout the weekend. a federal judge is ordering the air force to reinstate an openly lesbian flight nurse. major margaret witt was discharged in 2007 under the military's don't ask don't tell policy but the judge ruled the discharge violated witt's constitutional rights. this past week the senate blocked a defense bill that would have repealed don't ask don't tell. a watch dog group for the separation of church and state is criticizing a c...

it's 6:00 a.m. here in atlanta. 1:00 p.m. in baghdad. good morning. i'm drew griffin in for t.j. holmes. we want to welcome with pride our troops watching on the armed forces network in iraq and afghanistan. thanks for starting your day with us. also coming up over the next 90 minutes, protecting state secrets or going too far. the defense department buys and then destroys thousands of copies of this book, written by an army reserve officer. a book disclosing secret operations in afghanistan. a department spokesman says the book titled "operation dark heart" contained information t...

In the region. with us now, brett, former national security council member and current member of the council of foreign relations, and from washington, d.c., lieutenant colonel anthony shaffer for the center for advanced defense studies. brett, i'll start with you here. iraq, the election, it would appear it's a good thing that there was any form of an election in that country relative to its past. at the same time, it would seem an easy, looking at the pervasiveness of corruption, to be too optimistic as well? >> overall it was a good day. four years ago was the last national election. you ca...

good afternoon to you. i am dylan ratigan. president obama leaving washington to put health care in its fight in front of the american people. but today we're asking, has the president become something like the teacher in the cartoon charlie brown? democratic congressman massa supposed to be resigning from congress within the hour. he said it's because of health problems. but that isn't stopping from blaming democrats for pushing him out because of his no vote on health care. we're talking to senator maria cantwell about that. and hollywood had a lot of the realism last night. crit...

To be holed away to the south. amid the fighting, reports of civilian casualties, today nato saying five civilians were accidently killed when they were mistakenly believed to be planting bombs. sunday, two u.s. rockets went astray killing a dozen other civilians. there are mistakes that could prove costly to the u.s. and its allies in a mission that is as much about winning over people as it is defeating an enemy on a military basis. ahead of the strike, afghan and military advertised the coming attack to prevent civilian casualties. so what would securing this part of afghanistan mean for th...