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:Eric Ethington (Author) | January 26, 2011
The Pentagon is set to announce a 3 month plan for “training” the troops in preparation for the repeal of Don’t Ask Don’t Tell. The training will be broken into three parts before the President, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates and Admiral Mullen sign off on the repeal. According to the Pentagon, the 3 months of [...]
Eric Ethington (Author) | November 30, 2010
The always amazing David Badash over at The New Civil Rights Movement points out that the Pentagon met with several anti-gay hate groups while working on the Don’t Ask Don’t Tell study. Including the Family Research Council and Focus On The Family. Oooh.. I bet little Tony Perkins’ head is just buzzing with homophobic fury [...]
Eric Ethington (Author) | November 30, 2010
President Barack Obama has just released a statement regarding the newly-available Pentagon Don’t Ask Don’t Tell study. He says this confirms what we have already known. The troops will not be negatively impacted by, and we must repeal DADT now. See the full Pentagon DADT study HERE via towleroad: As Commander in Chief, I have [...]
Eric Ethington (Author) | November 30, 2010
The full copy of the Pentagon’s study on Don’t Ask Don’t Tell has finally been released. See it below! DADT Survey Findings
Eric Ethington (Author) | November 30, 2010
The Washington Post has just leaked the full results of the much anticipated Don’t Ask Don’t Tell Study hours ahead of schedule. The results are actually better than what was leaked a few weeks ago! The official release is scheduled for this afternoon, and testimony from the Pentagon, service chiefs and other military officials is [...]
Eric Ethington (Author) | November 24, 2010
Washington DC – Hearings on the repeal of Don’t Ask Don’t Tell, including testimony from the Pentagon on the study are scheduled to begin next week on Thursday. This is going to be close, we have just over a month to get repeal passed. Ok… so first the hearings. Then at least 2 weeks of [...]
Eric Ethington (Author) | November 22, 2010
Admiral Gary Roughead has added his name to the list of military commanders who previously opposed repealing Don’t Ask Don’t Tell, but thanks to the Pentagon Study, are now pushing the Senate and McShame McCain to repeal. In May, Admiral Roughead (Chief of Naval Operations) sent a letter to the Senate asking for them not do [...]
Eric Ethington (Author) | November 22, 2010
Washington DC – Secretary of Defense Robert Gates and the Pentagon are urging the Senate to move quickly and repeal Don’t Ask Don’t Tell before the courts do. The Senate and the country are waiting on edge to actually see the (already leaked) Pentagon study which says that 70% of soldiers couldn’t care less if [...]
Eric Ethington (Author) | November 15, 2010
Senator Joe Lieberman went at odds with John McCain this morning on an interview with MSNBC. He says that Don’t Ask Don’t Tell not only can, but should be repealed immediately and called on the Pentagon to release the full results of the military study. Let’s hope droop-face can actually make this happen!
Eric Ethington (Author) | November 11, 2010
The much anticipated and highly controversial results of the Pentagon’s survey of active military members is being leaked to the press. The results are as predicted, a large majority of active servicemembers support repeal of Don’t Ask Don’t Tell. In fact, it looks like over 70% either support or are indifferent to the repeal of [...]
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