A Rio Grande Spouter incorrectly stated that most military members support President Obama,''according to news interviews," and that a large percentage of our military are minority. Brian Hughes of the Washington Examiner reports that over 80% of our active-duty service members disapprove of President Obama. According to Defense Manpower Research, there were 1,196,897 active-duty service members at the end of 2013, of which, 74.6% were White, and 25.4% were Minorities.