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Secretary Gates Has Begun Conversations About The End of DADT
Defense Department insiders are saying that Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates has begun conversations and planning for a possible moratorium that could come as early as next week on Don’t Ask-Don’t Tell with Adm. Mike Mullen, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and other military leaders. Mr. Gates said that “if we do [...]
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid Throws Support Behind DADT Moratorium
Not long ago, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid made it clear that he could not find anyone to sponsor the Military Readiness Enhancement Act. The bill would repeal Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell. Recently, New York Senator Kirsten Gilibrand announced that she was seeking to put an amendment on the Defense Reauthorization Bill that would put [...]
We Shall Fight Them In . . . 2012? That Good For You?
Don’t overturn Prop 8 in 2010. It’s too soon. At least that is according to the same people who brought us the fact that the LGBT Community in California has to fight to overturn Prop 8 in the first place. These are the same people who believe that the easiest way to fight Prop 8 [...]
Shepard Bill To Be Attached To Defense Bill
Despite many people’s insistence that crimes of all sorts are covered by state laws and there is no need for hate crimes legislation, the Congress, or at least the Democratic majority, disagree. Vermont Senator Patrick Leahy is pushing to attach the Matthew Shepard Hate Crimes Prevention Act to the must pass Defense Reauthorization Bill. Such [...]
Senator Leahy Seems To Think It’s Time To Call DOMA A Moving Van
The Defense of Marriage Act needs to go, or so says Vermont Senator Patrick Leahy. In an interview given to Vermont Public Radio’s Ross Sneyd. Sixteen years ago, Senator Leahy voted for DOMA, but he says that today he would not. It is unlikely that Senator Leahy is announcing this in conjunction with his upcoming [...]
Officials Investigate Murder At Ft Myer Military Community
FBI and CID are both investigating the death of a woman sailor on Fort Myer near Arlington National Cemetery. The sailor was found dead in her room after she failed to report for work at the Pentagon. She was one of the few women who live in the base’s barracks. Her room was in the [...]
Let The Hearings Begin- Senate Weighs Sotomayor Nomination
The battle over Proposition 8, Defense of Marriage Act and Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell might rest upon the shoulders of the person who is now before the Senate Judiciary Committee chaired by Senator Patrick Leahy of Vermont. Today began the hearings into the nomination of Judge Sonia Sotomayor to replace outgoing Supreme Court Justice David [...]
Obama Taps Alabama Non-Profit Doctor Regina Benjamin To Be Surgeon General
President Barack Obama has tapped Regina Benjamin to be his Surgeon General replacing Vice Admiral Richard Carmona. She currently runs the non-profit medical clinic in Bayou La Batre, Alabama. Dr. Benjamin will be the third African-American and the third woman to hold that position. She is President Obama’s second choice for the position. CNN’s resident [...]
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