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Pentagon Undermining DADT Repeal Already
It didn’t take long for the Pentagon to try and assert itself in the Don’t Ask Don’t Tell debate. The New York Times reports: Senior Pentagon officials said Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates and Adm....
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Pelosi: Administration Should Place A Moratorium On Discharges Under DADT
Nancy Pelosi responded strongly to last night’s news that Defense Secretary Robert Gates and Admiral Mike Mullen of the Joint Chiefs want no changes to the military’s Don’t Ask Don’t Tell policy until...
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DADT Repeal Deal Reached
Late yesterday afternoon, Congressional leaders and the White House struck a deal that would create a process to end the military’s Don’t Ask Don’t Tell policy on gay servicemembers. Under the...
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Byrd Amends Amendment, Supports DADT Repeal
Robert Byrd, who back in 1993 related the prospect of gays in the military to the fall of the Roman empire, opted this time around to support the concept, endorsing the amendment to repeal Don’t Ask...
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Senate Armed Services Passes Legislative Repeal of DADT; House Vote Imminent...
Teddy P notes that the Senate Armed Services Committee passed the Lieberman amendment, which would start the process to repeal the military’s Don’t Ask Don’t Tell policy on gay service members. It’s...
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SLDN: Gay Servicemembers Still “At Risk”
Here’s the roll call on the Don’t Ask Don’t Tell vote in the House last night. There were few surprises on either side (really, Gene Green?). The President issued a statement after the votes in the...
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Pentagon Survey Finds “Minimal and Isolated Risk” from DADT Repeal to Current...
The Pentagon survey that will be released December 1 will show, according to informed sources, that repeal of the military’s Don’t Ask Don’t Tell policy would create only “minimal and isolated risk” to...
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House Democrats Introduce Standalone DADT Repeal
It’s pretty late in the session, but House Democrats have introduced a bill that would repeal the military’s Don’t Ask Don’t Tell policy, and could vote on it as soon as this week. Rep. Patrick Murphy...
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