Tag Archives: Elaine Donnelly

More Trouble For Repeal Of DADT

Elaine Donnelly’s Center For Military Readiness has sent President Obama a list of over 1000 top retired military officers who say they oppose the repeal of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.” More than 1,000 retired military officers, including several who were top commanders, are urging President Barack Obama and Congress to maintain the law that bars gays from serving openly in …

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DADT By The Numbers

Over on Change.gov, the Obama transition team does a weekly video Q&A, responding to questions submitted by readers. On Friday, incoming White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs affirmed Barack Obama’s plan to end “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.” Via AmericaBlog: Thaddeus asks: “Is the new administration going to get rid of the ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ policy?” Gibbs answers: “Thaddeus, you …

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Call To Appoint Openly Gay William White As Secretary Of The Navy Grows Louder

Equal Rep, a grassroots group founded by Join The Impact co-founder Paul Sousa, is calling for support in their bid to get Barack Obama to nominate William White as the first openly gay Secretary of the Navy. In a short amount of time, White has already earned some impressive endorsements. Retired general Hugh Shelton, a former chairman of the Joint …

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Daily Show Rips Elaine Donnelly

Last night Jon Stewart ripped into the idiots testifying in support of continuing “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.” Special fun was made of Elaine Donnelly of the Center For Military Readiness. Jon Stewart=win.

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Yesterday’s DADT Hearings

Via Nancy Pelosi’s YouTube channel, here’s freshman Rep. Patrick Murphy’s (D-PA) most excellent grilling of Elaine Donnelly of the anti-gay Center For Military Readiness about her opposition to the repeal of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”, followed by the testimony of openly gay Iraq veteran Eric Alva, who lost a leg in combat. Chris Johnson live-blogged the hearing on HRC’s BackStory. …

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