Claiming everything still hasn’t been signed on the dotted line for final approval two Republican members of the House Armed Services Committee sent a letter to Defense Secretary Leon Panetta asking him to delay Don’t Ask Don’t Tell repeal implementation. California Rep. Howard “Buck” McKeon, the committee chairman, and South Carolina Rep. Joe [...]
This story ran in the New York Times (NYT) on Sept. 5. We’re running it again because it talks in-depth about the challenging process of re-enlisting in the military if a vet was honorably discharged for being gay. It’s not that easy. And success depends on need rather than qualifications. As noted in a [...]
From Think Progress: Julian Barnes, Pentagon reporter for the Wall Street Journal, is reporting via Twitter that Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta and the Joint Chiefs of Staff are expected to certify tomorrow that the repeal of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell “is consistent with the standards of military readiness and effectiveness, unit cohesion, and military recruiting [...]
Here’s some of the commentary we’ve read in response to coverage by THEDC newspaper on the CIA participating in this activity: “Here is my prediction…..within 10yrs if you are not black, gay, or some sort of pervert, you will not be able to work for our government…” “Okay okay these things really [...]
A moratorium from the Pentagon has been issued Friday to suspend all Don’t Ask Don’t Tell (DADT) related discharges, according to The Army Times Website. The order comes after the ruling this week by a federal appeals court in California ordering the Defense Department to immediately stop enforcing DADT. The order from the Pentagon also [...]
In response to court ordered ruling which makes Don’t Ask Don’t Tell ending effective now, the Defense Department is taking steps to “immediately” comply with the decision a Pentagon spokesman said on Wednesday, according to the Government Executive Website. “We will of course comply with orders of the court, and are taking immediately steps [...]
While Servicemembers Legal Defense Network’s Aubry Sarvis feeds panic to LGBT press about the delay of DADT repeal, active gay military personnel says no worries—–things are going along just dandy.
