All posts tagged "dadt"
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Prepping for Repeal Training [UPDATED]
Calling the implementation of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” repeal a “milestone event” for the Defense Department, Defense Secretary Robert Gates announced in a memorandum issued...
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Pentagon Plans Friday News Conference on DADT Repeal Implementation
In response to an inquiry, a Pentagon spokesperson confirmed to Metro Weekly that the Pentagon has a news conference planned for Friday, Jan. 28, to...
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Great Expectations
Because I've been doing this long enough, I tend to approach annual political events like the State of the Union speech as a bit of...
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Obama to Say Open Gay Service “Starting This Year” at SOTU
In 2010, President Barack Obama took the opportunity to use the State of the Union to declare that he would “work with Congress and our...
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GAO: 40 Percent Of DADT Discharges Were in “Critical” Roles or Spoke “Important” Languages
According to a report released today by the Government Accountability Office, 40 percent of the servicemembers discharged under “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” from 2004 through...
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Sen. Lieberman Announces Retirement From Senate
Sen. Joseph Lieberman (I-Conn.) — one of the key champions of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” repeal in the Senate — announces his Senate retirement: Live...
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Hunter’s Not Giving Up on Stopping DADT Repeal Just Yet
Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-Calif.) — the House’s version of Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) during the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” repeal debate — isn’t taking his...
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The Silent ''T''
''LGBT.'' The ''T'' is silent. No sooner did the gavel make contact with the podium repealing DADT than our national organizations were talking up marriage...
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LCR: Appeal Should Continue or Stay on DADT Injunction Should Be Lifted
In a filing today before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, the Log Cabin Republicans argue that the government’s request to stop...
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First Week For Murphy Replacement Fitzpatrick Is a Rough One
One story from this first week of the 112th Congress bears special mention at Poliglot. Pennsylvania Republican Mike Fitzpatrick defeated Democrat Patrick Murphy in their...
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McCain, on DADT Repeal Act: “I will do everything I can to make it work.”
From The Hill today: Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) said Thursday that he would work to help implement the repeal of the military’s “Don’t ask, don’t...
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Marching On
On Jan. 5, Ohio Republican John Boehner was sworn in as the speaker of the House of Representatives. Boehner, who received a 0 percent score...
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DOJ Seeks Hold on DADT Appeal, LCR Sees Need to Move Forward
One week after President Barack Obama signed the Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell Repeal Act into law, the Department of Justice filed a motion in the...
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New Year, New Goals
I'm not the type of person who makes New Year's resolutions, not because of any particular antipathy towards the holiday or the intentions of those...
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''A Long, Hard Slog''
Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.), who turned 70 this year, had tears in his eyes on Dec. 21 as House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) signed the...
