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It’s Time for Spine!

This week Former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Peter Pace will be honored by President George W. Bush with the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civil award. The presidential award comes despite the fact Pace last year told the Chicago Tribune, "Homosexual acts between two individuals are immoral,” and was subsequently not re-nominated for a second term as the country’s highest military advisor. In his latest Huffington Post blog, SLDN executive director Aubrey Sarvis examines the important role played by our military leadership. Sarvis encourages current Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Admiral Mike Mullen to advise “the President and the Congress in an emphatic way that the ban on gay men and women serving in the military is not only obsolete, but wrong, and that it should be repealed.” The strains on America’s military have grown exponentially since “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” was first passed in 1993. As wars in Iraq and Afghanistan continue to challenge our personnel resources, what America needs is for our military leadership to advise Congress that “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” is adversely impacting the ability of military commanders to recruit and retain qualified Americans into the armed forces. Click here to visit Huffington Post and learn more about the need for principled leadership, and why Sarvis is telling military advisors that “It's time for spine!” -Victor Maldonado

Labels: Huffington Post, peter pace

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06-16-08