All posts tagged "military"
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Pentagon Tries Making DADT ''Fairer'' (UPDATED)
Secretary of Defense Robert Gates and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Adm. Mike Mullen announced this morning at a Pentagon news briefing changes...
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Murphy's Law?
On Friday afternoon, March 19, a day before he was to be the keynote speaker at the 18th Annual National Dinner of the Servicemembers Legal...
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Sheehan's Stand
Since Sen. Carl Levin (D-Mich.) first began hearings last month on the military's ''Don't Ask, Don't Tell'' policy,'' he's had many witnesses voice disagreement with...
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From Freedom Plaza to Handcuffs [video]
Kathy Griffin was the headliner for the Human Rights Campaign rally for repeal of ''Don't Ask, Don't Tell'' held under sunny skies on Thursday, March...
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Dan Choi Speaks at Courthouse [video]
Lt. Dan Choi, alongside Capt. James Pietrangelo, speaks outside the D.C. Superior Court after he and Pietrangelo pleaded not guilty to charges of failing to...
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Kathy Griffin supports gay soldiers [video]
On Thursday, March 18, Kathy Griffin joined a crowd gathered at Freedom Plaza in Washington D.C., calling for a repeal of ''Don't Ask Don't Tell.''...
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DADT Repeal Still Uncertain
Calling Rep. Patrick Murphy (D-Penn.) ''a tireless champion'' for the repeal of the ''Don't Ask, Don't Tell'' policy, Servicemembers Legal Defense Network spokesman Kevin Nix...
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Don't Ask, Don't Tell Â… Don't Vote?
When asked about equality advocates' concern that a moratorium on enforcement of the military's ''Don't Ask, Don't Tell'' policy would put off a vote on...
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Debunking the ''Myths'' of DADT
In an unusual display of allied cooperation, a dozen organizations – including the Human Rights Campaign, Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation, Servicemembers Legal Defense...
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Nathaniel Frank and Dan Choi on DADT Repeal Efforts [video]
Dr. Nathaniel Frank, author of Unfriendly Fire, spoke Tuesday, Feb. 23 at a Smithsonian panel on the history of African-American service in the U.S. military....
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The Army Speaks UPDATED
In a blow to those seeking a moratorium on enforcement of the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” military policy, both Secretary of the Army John McHugh...
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Holding on to Discrimination
This past Saturday, David Rivkin, Jr., and Lee Casey – two longtime senior officials in the Reagan and George H.W. Bush administrations – wrote in...
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Snow Impact
While most of the Washington area was checking the time for the next snowball fight or their fridge to see how much milk was left...
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Voices of Experience
From Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Carl Levin (D-Mich.) to moderate Republican Sen. Susan Collins (Maine), many substantial questions raised at last week's hearing regarding...
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No More Delays
Back in the mid-1980s, with the Cold War still peaking and the idea of the fall of the Soviet Union no more than a utopian...
