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Pentagon Asks for Repeal of 'DADT'; Most Troops OK With Gays in Service
By David Wood - Politics DailyDefense Secretary Robert Gates on Tuesday urged the Senate to speedily repeal the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell'' law banning gays from serving openly in the military, as the Pentagon released a year-long internal study that found repeal would cause only ''limited and isolated'' short-term disruptions to military readiness and esprit. Seventeen years to the day after President Clinton signed into law the 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' policy, the Pentagon formally asked that the law be abolished and set out both the rationale and the procedure to implement what would be a broad social change among the ...
DADT Survey Results: Showdown Starts Over Repeal of Military's Gay Ban
By David Wood - Politics Daily"I don't want some fag-bag putting up posters of naked men.'' -- Marine Corps lance corporal, interviewed in Somalia,1993 The long-simmering struggle over "Don't Ask, Don't Tell'' boils into a new but perhaps-not-final phase Tuesday with the release of a Defense Department survey of troops and military families about allowing openly gay volunteers to serve in the military. The Pentagon report, which will outline steps to implement repeal of the current gay ban, kicks off a week of congressional hearings, and perhaps a contentious Senate vote on repeal next week. Not surprisingly, Tuesday's ...
Cindy McCain Knocks 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell'
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(Nov. 12) -- Cindy McCain is appearing in a new video ad sharply critical of the military's "Don't ask, don't tell" policy on gays -- the very law her husband, Sen. John McCain, is battling to keep on the books. ...
Military's 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' Policy Thrown Into Confusion
By David Wood - Politics DailyDefense Secretary Robert Gates' attempt to carefully ease the military beyond "Don't ask, Don't tell" (DADT) is collapsing in a shambles, as a verdict on the constitutionality of the ban on military gays seesaws uncertainly through the federal courts. A previous attempt in Congress to repeal the law ended, in effect, in a hung jury. Meantime the military, which prides itself on strict rules and tight discipline, is awash in confusion. As things stand, the ban on gays and lesbians serving openly in the military is still in place. But Gates has ordered that recruiters no longer ask potential ...
Judge Acts While Others Debate Military's Gay Policy
By not in system - AOL NewsWASHINGTON (Oct. 13) -- A federal judge's ruling that the military must stop its "don't ask, don't tell" policy comes amid conflicting concerns of gays who think the government is moving too slowly to let them serve openly and Pentagon officials who believe that moving too quickly might disrupt a military engaged in war. Gay rights groups have said they are disappointed that legislation to override the ban is likely to languish in Congress until next year, when Democrats could have fewer seats and less power to override Republican objections. Defense Secretary Robert Gates and Joint ...
DOD Asks: How Would You Feel Showering With Gays?
By Andrea Stone - AOL NewsWASHINGTON (July 9) -- The Pentagon wants to know if service members would attend military social functions with same-sex couples, whether they would be uncomfortable sharing a tent or shower with gay co-workers, and how their families would feel if they served in units that included gay men and lesbians. Those are just some of the questions in a confidential survey sent to 400,000 active-duty and reserve troops this week as part of an effort to gauge reactions in the ranks if the military lifts its "don't ask, don't tell" policy that has kept gay and lesbian troops in the closet for the last ...
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