The Pentagon is formally surveying troops for their thoughts about serving with gay or lesbian soldiers, sailors, airmen or marines. The 100-question survey that’s been sent to 100,000 active-duty and reserve service members is drawing fire from critics who say military policy should not be based on opinions of the rank-and-file. The White House and the head of the Joint Chiefs of Staff have said the ban on gays serving openly in the military should end. Source Link
A presidential panel set up to probe the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is using it’s first public hearings to focus on response to the spill and the cost of clean-up. Members of the National Oil Spill commission are meeting in New Orleans to hear from oil executives, experts and the general public, and a senior vice president of BP was not asked about possible causes for the oil rig explosion back in April that triggered the spill. Source Link
The “PC” side of the personal computer faceoff isn’t ready to surrender to the Mac team behind the Apple iPad. Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer says nearly two dozen manufacturers plan to unveil slate computers that run on Microsoft’s Windows 7 operating system, including versions with keyboards that can run Microsoft Office. Since it debuted three months ago, the iPad has quickly cornered the new market for portable touchscreen computing. Source Link
