Tag Archives: DOD

Why Aliens Never Contact The Earth

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The World’s Largest Employers

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Official DOD News On DADT

From the Department of Defense’s official YouTube channel.

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DADT Repeal Could Be Official This Month

Defense Secretary Robert Gates says the certification of the repeal of DADT could be completed this month. Gates leaves his post and will be replaced by CIA Director Leon Panetta in two weeks. The move to end the ban on gay services could be one of Gates’ final acts as defense chief. But Gates stressed that he is not trying …

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Defense Sec. Robert Gates Outlines Three Steps To Full DADT Implemenation

Today Secretary of Defense Robert Gates outlined the three steps necessary for the full implementation of the repeal of DADT, with Admiral Mike Mullen cautioning soldiers, “Now is not, from my perspective, the time to come out.”

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DADT Vote Scheduled For Today

AmericaBlog reports that the cloture vote on the Defense Authorization Act is now scheduled for noon today. As we know, that could change. [Obviously, it did.] Right now the Senate is voting on the DREAM Act, which passed in the House yesterday. Watch live on C-SPAN. UPDATE: The Senate has voted to table the DREAM Act until next week by …

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Sen. Carl Levin: DADT Repeal Timeline May Be Insurmountable

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RUMOR MILL: Surprise DADT Vote Today?

Several Washington sources including the usually reliable Roll Call are saying that Sen. Harry Reid may actually propose a Senate cloture vote on the Defense Authorization Bill today. Proposing the cloture vote and making it happen are two different things, of course. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) has scheduled cloture votes for Wednesday on a host of bills opposed …

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President Obama On DADT Survey

“Today’s report confirms that a strong majority of our military men and women and their families-more than two thirds-are prepared to serve alongside Americans who are openly gay and lesbian. This report also confirms that, by every measure-from unit cohesion to recruitment and retention to family readiness-we can transition to a new policy in a responsible manner that ensures our …

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The “Gay Partners In Housing” Question

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The “Gays In The Showers” Question

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DADT Survey Graph

You may have to embiggen the images to read the results. The red bars indicate responses which predict no impact should DADT be repealed.

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Complete DADT Survey Results

I’ve uploaded the complete Department of Defense document to my Scribd account. Bloggers, feel free to grab the embed code. It’s quite a long piece, more than 160 pages, plus the appendices.

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President Obama Lobbies Sen. Carl Levin To Keep DADT In DOD Authorization Bill

Chris Geidner reports at Metro Weekly that President Obama has called Sen. Carl Levin to encourage him to fight efforts to strip the repeal of DADT from the defense authorization bill. This afternoon, White House spokesman Shin Inouye told Metro Weekly that President Obama had spoken with one of the Senate leaders of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” repeal — Sen. …

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BIZARRE: Two Gay Veterans Groups Endorse Stripping DADT From DOD Bill

We don’t know what this is really about yet, but this just popped up on Politico. Two gay troops’ groups will announce today that they’d support breaking off DADT repeal if doing so would help the defense authorization act pass – but they’ll keep pushing for repeal in the lame-duck Congress, Morning Defense has learned. The statement from OutServe and …

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The Department Of Defense Is EVER So Pissed About The Leaked DADT Survey

Defense Secretary Robert Gates is furious about the leaked DADT survey and has launched an investigation to find its source. In the meantime, today the Pentagon issued a super-annoyed press release. Secretary Gates is very concerned and extremely disappointed that unnamed sources within the Department of Defense have selectively revealed aspects of the draft findings of the Comprehensive Review Working …

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HRC To Launch DADT Ad Campaign

On Monday the Human Rights Campaign will place ads in several major newspapers in key markets urging senators to vote for the National Defense Authorization Act, to which the repeal of DADT is attached. (View large-size ad here.) Via press release: As part of an all-out push aimed at convincing senators to bring the National Defense Authorization Act to a …

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ACLU Files Class Action Suit Over Separation Pay For DADT Victims

The ACLU has filed a class action suit against the Department of Defense because soldiers that are discharged for homosexuality are given only half of the separation pay given to other honorable dischargees. The ACLU notes that this policy is not stipulated in DADT legislation and can be changed without congressional approval. The lead plaintiff in the case is Richard …

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Defense Sec. Robert Gates Urges Senate To Repeal DADT In Lame Duck Session

Today Secretary of Defense Robert Gates said Congress should hurry up and repeal DADT before the new members arrive in January. But it doesn’t sound like he thinks they will. “I would like to see the repeal of “don’t ask, don’t tell” but I’m not sure what the prospects for that are,” Gates said Saturday, as he traveled to defense …

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DOD Revises DADT Discharge Procedure

In response to the murky legal waters currently swirling around DADT, the Pentagon has announced it is raising the rank of persons able to make the call to eject a gay or lesbian servicemember. Chris Geidner reports at Metro Weekly: Discharges under the military’s ”Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy will now take the approval of the service branch secretary, and …

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