Tag Archives: military

Lt. Dan Choi Is Back At His Post

Bilerico reports that Lt. Dan Choi, the nation’s most famed victim of DADT, is back on his post. Bilerico’s Jeff Sheng has the details: I spoke to Lt. Choi at length earlier about what exactly the situation is. Apparently, Lt. Choi’s commander has always been in full support of him, and even after Lt. Choi came out on The Rachel …

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Col. Victor Fehrenbach On DADT Hearing

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Orrin Hatch: I Might Vote For DADT Repeal

He gave himself a bit of wiggle room, but Sen. Orrin Hatch, of all people, today said that he might be willing to support a repeal of DADT.

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REVERSAL: Colin Powell Joins Call For Repeal Of DADT

In a major reversal, Gen. Colin Powell, who opposed Bill Clinton’s attempt to allow gay soldiers to serve openly, has joined the call to repeal DADT. “In the almost 17 years since the ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ legislation was passed, attitudes and circumstances have changed,” General Powell said in a statement issued by his office. He added: “I fully support …

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Dan Choi On McCain’s DADT Statement

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Family Research Council Calls For Criminalization Of Homosexuality

Echoing the words of the American Family Association, Peter Sprigg of the Family Research Council said tonight that the Supreme Court decision to overturn sodomy laws was “wrongly decided” and that homosexual behavior should be outlawed. Sprigg appeared on Chris Matthews’ MSNBC show tonight to debate Aubrey Sarvis of the Servicemembers Legal Defense Network about today’s DADT hearings in the …

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Tweet Of The Day – Admiral Mike Mullen

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McCain: DADT Repeal Unnecessary

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Senate Begins DADT Hearings Today, Pentagon Announces Year-Long Review

The full repeal of DADT will take years, according to the Pentagon’s top brass. In fact, it will take a year just to plan on how to get started. In testimony before the Senate Armed Services Committee, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Michael Mullen also are expected to announce the creation of a group …

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BREAKING: Pentagon To Announce DADT Repeal Details Next Week

This just popped up on Marc Ambinder’s blog over on The Atlantic. This looks pretty major, folks. Before President Obama announced last night that he would work with Congress and the Pentagon to end the military’s ban on service by gays and lesbians, the White House consulted Defense Secretary Robert Gates and Adm. Mike Mullen, the chairman of the Joint …

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Photo Of The Day

(Via – New Civil Rights Movement)

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Obama To Make DADT Announcement At State Of The Union Address?

The Marine Corps Times is reporting that the White House has delayed the announcement of congressional hearings about the repeal of DADT because President Obama may reveal his intentions on the issue during Wednesday’s State Of The Union address. The Senate Armed Services Committee expects to have a series of hearings, one focusing on the views of military leaders, another …

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Shoot To Kill, Sayeth The Lord

Because God Is Love, American soldiers are using rifles with Bible verses engraved on the scopes. The sights are used by U.S. troops in Iraq and Afghanistan and in the training of Iraqi and Afghan soldiers. The maker of the sights, Trijicon, has a $660 million multi-year contract to provide up to 800,000 sights to the Marine Corps, and additional …

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Military Lawyers: Wait On DADT Repeal

Pentagon lawyers are recommending at least a year’s delay before beginning work on the repeal of DADT. That could push a vote by Congress back until the middle of the 2012 elections, a time when many would be hesitant to support the repeal. “Now is not the time,” the in-house legal counsel for Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint …

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Russian Soldier Strip Tease

Harmless silliness, safe for work. (Via – Towleroad)

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Military Lifts Ban…

…on recruits with tattoos on their saluting arm. A ban that only lived for one week. Military chiefs have scrapped a ban on tattoos decorating the saluting arm of recruits joining the US air force, following a backlash among heavily inked young Americans signing up for duty. The air force recruiting service instituted a policy on 25 November prohibiting tattoos …

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Rep. Alcee Hastings: Let Gay Soldiers Testify On DADT With Immunity

Rep. Alcee Hastings (D-FL) has submitted a novel bill that would allow gay soldiers to testify before Congress about DADT with immunity from dismissal from the military. Gay service members who reveal their sexual orientations during congressional testimony would be immune from forced discharges under a bill introduced Wednesday, as lawmakers prepare to consider repealing the ban on gays serving …

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Log Cabin Republicans Announce Progress On Their DADT Suit

In an announcement posted on their homepage, the Log Cabin Republicans report that the DOJ has been denied in their appeal to stop the LCR’s suit to repeal DADT. In a ruling delivered on the eve of the Thanksgiving holiday, U.S. Federal Court Judge Virginia Phillips handed Log Cabin Republicans a major legal victory by denying the Obama Administration Justice …

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Canada May Grant Asylum To Lesbian U.S. Army Deserter

A lesbian U.S. Army private fled to Canada after being outed by a fellow soldier, claiming she’d received a death threat from fellow soldiers. In a first, Canadian authorities are considering her asylum request as a “persecuted political refugee.” Federal Court Justice Yves de Montigny’s order for the board to consider a gay U.S. soldier as a credible refugee candidate …

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Barney Frank: DADT Repeal To Be Part Of FY 2011 DOD Funding Bill

Yesterday Rep. Barney Frank says that a repeal of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” will likely be attached to a fiscal year 2011 Department of Defense funding authorization bill that will be voted on in the spring of next year. Via Washington Blade: “The House will take up and the Senate will take up ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ repeal,” he said. …

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