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 Filipino WWII veterans sue feds over benefits 
                                            
            
 Ecuador calm after revolt; Correa alleges coup 
                                            
            
 Ecuador in state of seige, region supports Correa 
                                            
            
 Ecuadorean troops rescue leader from rebel police 
                                            
            
 Ecuador troops rescue president from rebel cops 
                                            
            
 Senate confirms Marine chief 
WASHINGTON — The Senate has confirmed Gen. James Amos as the next head of the Marine Corps, with Lt. Gen. Joseph Dunford as his deputy. 
                                            
            
 Mass. mom wins fight for burial near son 
WASHINGTON — A Massachusetts mother who lost her only son in Iraq has won her nearly two-year fight for the right of parents like herself to be buried alongside their children in national veterans cemeteries. 
                                            
            
 Gates: Day will come when women join special ops 
                                            
            
 Albuquerque man chokes up asking Obama about VA 
                                            
            
 AP-GfK Poll: GOP more fired up as elections near 
                                            
            
 Judge orders lesbian reinstated to Air Force 
                                            
            
 ‘Don’t ask, don’t tell’ injunction now up to judge 
                                            
            
 NASCAR drivers visit Walter Reed hospital 
WASHINGTON — NASCAR drivers Kurt Busch, Ryan Newman and Matt Kenseth all have their moments of angst and frustration over the course of a racing season. 
                                            
            
 Feds object to ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ injunction 
                                            
            
 Senate GOP again blocks campaign finance bill 
                                            
            
 VA defends Agent Orange, heart disease links 
                                            
            
 Obama heckled on AIDS, gay rights at fundraiser 
                                            
            
 Dems’ plea to core voters: We need you fired up 
                                            
            
 DREAM Act dies with rejection of defense bill 
                                            
            
 Judge to rule Friday on Witt’s return to Air Force 
                                            
            
 Obama awards posthumous Medal of Honor to PA man 
                                            
            
 Years later, bravery on a Laos mountain is honored 
                                            
            
 AP Interview: Kirk touts honesty, stays cautious 
                                            
            
 Republicans block bill to lift military gay ban 
                                            
            
 Senate repeal of ban on gays in military falters 
                                            
            
 Man chosen to lead Marines against lifting gay ban 
                                            
            
 Military gay ban becomes election-year hot button 
                                            
            
 Lady Gaga fights ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ in Maine 
                                            
            
 Lesbian seeking return to Air Force testifies 
                                            
            
 Lady Gaga to rally in Maine against ‘don’t ask’ 
                                            
            
 Montana GOP policy: Make homosexuality illegal 
                                            
            
 Group seeks halt to ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ 
                                            
            
 Pentagon nominates new Africa Command leader 
                                            
            
 Gaga speaks, Reid acts on ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ 
                                            
            
 Airmen: Lesbian should not have been discharged 
                                            
             
                                            
            
 Former colleagues testify for lesbian flight nurse 
                                            
            
 Trial opens for lesbian seeking return to military 
                                            
            
 Lesbian seeks reinstatement to Air Force in trial 
                                            
            
 Top military officer honors 9/11 Pentagon victims 
                                            
             
                                            
            
 Army major honors fallen soldiers with run on 9/11 
                                            
             
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 Army: Ex-soldier takes 3 hospital workers hostage 
                                                   
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