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New Launch of Armed Forces Religious Liberty Hotline and Petition Drive Supports Service Members Persecuted for Sharing Their Christian Faith DALLAS, May 6, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Liberty Institute announces the launch of the Armed Forces Religious Liberty hotline--972-941-4543-- and petition drive to support persecuted members of the United States Military, threatened with court martial for sharing their Christian faith under the Pentagon's unconstitutional, new policy...

WASHINGTON, May 6, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ), which defends religious freedom and the constitution, urged the Secretary of Defense today to cut ties with an anti-Christian extremist whom the Pentagon is using to provide advice on crafting policies on religious tolerance for the armed forces. In a letter to Secretary Chuck Hagel, the ACLJ argues that the views of Mikey Weinstein of the Military Religious Freedom Foundation (MRFF) "do...

WASHINGTON, May 2, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Family Research Council (FRC) announced that almost 110,000 petitions have been gathered - all within the last 72 hours - in response to last Friday's Washington Post report stating that anti-Christian activists had met with senior Pentagon officials to press for the court martial of Christians in the military who "promote their personal religious beliefs to their subordinates or to extend preferential treatment for any religion."...

Services, Defense agencies have enough flexibility to avoid disruptive furloughs WASHINGTON, April 12, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ --The American Federation of Government Employees is calling on the Department of Defense to do the right thing for its employees and the country by cancelling the planned furlough of civilian workers. "We are encouraged to hear that Pentagon leaders may be rethinking their foolish and reckless policy to furlough nearly every civilian employee for 14...

Pentagon has thrown federal workers crumbs while contractors feast, union says WASHINGTON, April 4, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The head of the American Federation of Government Employees today rebuked the Department of Defense for awarding contracts worth tens of billions of dollars in March, even as the Pentagon says it will force about 700,000 civilian employees to stay home for nearly three work weeks without pay. According to an article published by Bloomberg Government,...

Reducing unpaid furloughs from 22 days to 14 days still amounts to painful cut, jeopardizes mission WASHINGTON, March 28, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Responding to the Department of Defense's announcement that it will reduce the number of unpaid furloughs civilian employees will be forced to take, the American Federation of Government Employees today said the Pentagon needs to eliminate furloughs entirely. "AFGE has already demonstrated to the department that furloughs are...

World T.E.A.M. Sports welcomes Capital One Bank as the presenting sponsor for the April 26-28 110-mile Face of America bicycle ride from the Pentagon to Gettysburg honoring disabled veterans. Arlington, VA (PRWEB) March 01, 2013 World T.E.A.M. Sports announced today that the Virginia-based Capital One Bank will serve as the presenting sponsor for the April 26-28 Face of America bicycle ride from the Pentagon to the historic battlefields of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. As World T.E.A.M....

Michael Harper for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online Even amongst their slow and glorious decline, BlackBerry devices have long dominated the market in the government sector. But now, devices that were once viewed as consumer-only products, have steadily been making headway into the faltering company's old turf. One branch of the government, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), has already pulled away from BlackBerry, switching their agency networks over to the...

AS SEQUESTRATION LOOMS, PROTESTORS TO PICKET LOCKHEED MARTIN TO CALL FOR AN END TO WASTEFUL SPENDING WASHINGTON, Feb. 26, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- As part of a National Day of Action across the U.S., protestors will gather at the lobbying headquarters of Lockheed Martin at 12:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 27, to demand an end to wasteful Pentagon spending. Joining the protestors at 400 Virginia Ave. SW will be a giant, 20-foot-tall, inflatable pink pig named L. Martin. "Pull the...

redOrbit Staff & Wire Reports - Your Universe Online The Pentagon plans to increase the size of its cybersecurity force more than fivefold over the coming years to combat threats to the nation’s critical computer systems and conduct offensive operations against foreign adversaries, according to reports citing several Defense Department officials. The plan, which was requested by the head of the Defense Department’s Cyber Command, or Cybercom, calls for the increase of military...