All posts tagged "dadt"
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Gaga Goes Maine-stream
Lady Gaga takes her “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” repeal...
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Black and Brown and Discharged All Over
For all intents and purposes, the study had the makings of a bombshell. Servicemembers United, the nation’s first organization devoted to gay and lesbian troops,...
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“Values Voters” and Attacks on DADT Repeal
D.C.’s Omni Shoreham Hotel was, this weekend, the site of the “Value Voters Summit” — a place where Rep. Mike Pence (R-Ind.) and former Gov....
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Boot Tales
In 2006, Jim Webb, the former Navy Secretary to President Reagan, had become a Democratic and was running to unseat Sen. George Allen (R-Va.), in...
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Reid Files Cloture to Proceed on Defense Bill Containing DADT Repeal Amendment
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) today filed for cloture on the motion to proceed to debate the National Defense Authorization Act, which contains the...
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The Hard Road
'Tis the season for hyperbole and panic. How else to explain claims from some LGBT quarters that absolutely nothing has been done to advance LGBT...
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DADT Taking Hits
From the courthouse to the U.S. Capitol and from MTV to CNN, the military's ''Don't Ask, Don't Tell'' policy is front and center as the...
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DADT Drama in Trial
The story of Air Force Reserve Major Margaret Witt has some drama to it and that drama may well be trotted out this week as...
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Reid: Defense Act — Including DADT Repeal — Vote Next Week
In an email to supporters, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid announced his intention to take up the National Defense Authorization Act — which contains language...
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Gaga Takes On DADT
[UPDATE AT 2AM: After winning eight awards at MTV’s Video Music Awards, the above capture is now the landing page for Lady Gaga’s website. It...
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The Presidential News Conference, And What I Didn’t Ask
Although it was exciting to consider the possibility that I might ask President Obama a question at today’s news conference in the East Room of...
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Trial Court in Log Cabin Case Finds DADT Unconstitutional
U.S. District Court Judge Virginia A. Phillips ruled this evening that the military’s “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy is unconstitutional, violating the free speech and...
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The Remainders
The chances of the Employment Non-Discrimination Act being signed into law before the start of the 112th Congress in January 2011 are extraordinarily slim due...
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Seeking Spousal Sentiments
Members of the Pentagon working group reviewing ''Don't Ask, Don't Tell'' repeal implementation are looking for opportunities to meet with the same-sex partners of current...
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Tricky Timing
Two weeks before Election Day, the U.S. Department of Justice may be in the position of going to the U.S. First Circuit Court of Appeals...
