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Army Leaders Still Struggle With 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell'
By David Wood - Politics DailyReporters scrambled Wednesday when Army Secretary John McHugh, the civilian head of the largest military service, mentioned he had met with several soldiers who identified themselves as gay. They talked about their experiences under the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" law that forbids openly gay people from military service. Speaking at a breakfast, McHugh said that under the direction of Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, he and other Army leaders are conducting "open and honest'' discussions with soldiers as part of a broader effort to determine the impact of a possible repeal of the law, as urged ...
Army Secretary Says He's Met With Gay Soldiers
By Sharon Weinberger - AOL NewsWASHINGTON (March 31) -- Treading into the murky area of the post-"don't ask, don't tell" era, the Army's senior civilian leader told reporters today that he has met with soldiers who revealed that they were gay. Such a declaration, at least in theory, could be grounds for the service members to be discharged from the military. Asked at a breakfast meeting with reporters in Washington whether he had met with gay members of the military to solicit their views on the changes to the law that bans them from openly serving, Army Secretary John McHugh, a former Republican congressman from New ...
NY-23 Will Set Course for GOP Between Moderates and Conservatives
By Patricia Murphy - Politics DailyIn the last month alone, New York's special election for John McHugh's congressional seat has featured a coveted Sarah Palin Facebook endorsement, a less coveted Rush Limbaugh accusation of beastiality, a country music singer threatening to drop a house on Nancy Pelosi, and the crescendo of any out-of-control political opera: A candidate implosion. And that's just on the Republican side of the equation. When voters went to the polls from Plattsburgh to Owsego Tuesday, they saw three names on the ballot: Doug Hoffman, a CPA from Lake Placid running on the New York Conservative ticket (pictured, ...
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