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Nighttime Benders: An Interview with Jo Ellis

Podcast excerpts from comedian and former Army Black Hawk pilot Jo Ellis
Avatar photo by Julia Reed Nichols

Veterans Day has always been an important day for me. I’ve spent the last 10 years of my life doing shows for veterans’ organizations, and this past month I had the honor of performing with SALUTE TO COMEDY in Dallas, Texas. SALUTE TO COMEDY is a WWII-style variety and comedy show dedicated to hiring performers […]

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House Committee Votes to Require Women to Register for Draft

Congress will decide on “Draft America’s Daughters Act of 2016”
Sherron Lumley

In December, Defense Secretary Ashton Carter lifted all gender-based combat restrictions. Now, the U.S. House Armed Services Committee has voted 32 to 30 for an amendment to the 2017 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), which if passed by Congress, would require women age 18 to 26 to register for conscription for the first time in […]

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