Rep. Polis’ Trip to Baghdad
April 8, 2009
Excerpt from Huffington Post:
I had dinner with five troops from Colorado in Baghdad, including an MP Ensign, a Petty Officer, someone from Military Intel, an enlisted mechanic, and two other enlistees. Our two hour discussion was wide ranging from the challenges they face in their jobs each day to the veteran services they feel are important when they and their peers retire. We even hit the current political issues of the day such as "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" (all of them thought it was a bad policy and that gays and lesbians should be allowed to serve since we need quality men and women in our military) and the issues that integrated male-female units face and what they're doing to ensure that diversity is a source of strength rather than division.
04-08-09 By Rep. Jared Polis (D-CO) |
2 Comments
Comments for this entry are closed.Dino in Washington, D.C. USA on April 14, 2009 at 07.25 pm
It is pretty ridiculous that Representative Polis can set military policy, and be an overseer of our nation’s armed forces as a member of our congress, but technically he isn’t worthy to swab the deck on a US Navy ship or be an army cook, file clerk etc.
Mark delaPole in Colorado on April 10, 2009 at 11.32 pm
Jared seems very measured and honest on helping to rid us of DADT. He is new to Washington but it’s good to have friends at all levels