News Archive
Washington Post: Dana Milbank - Sorry We Asked, Sorry You Told
Don't ask, don't tell. And, whatever you do, don't ask Elaine Donnelly to tell you what she thinks about gays in the military. ...Read More
Washington Post: Jamie Barnett - Defending Our Values
Did you know that your safety and security depend on gay men and lesbians? ...Read More
CBS News: Democrats Reopen Debate On “don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”
A House panel held a landmark hearing on the controversial “don’t ask, don’t tell” law on Wednesday afternoon, the first such hearing since the law was enacted in 1993. ...Read More
AP: House hearing on “don’t ask, don’t tell”
A critic of letting gays serve openly in the military says the number of service members with HIV would probably increase. ...Read More
CNN: House weighs overturning ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’
A House panel weighed overturning the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy Wednesday, the first time Congress has considered the rule since it was implemented 15 years ago. ...Read More
Talk Radio News Service: Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell effects military cohesiveness
“I may be straight, but not narrow” said Rep. Carol Shea-Porter (D-N.H.) at a heated review of the Don’t Ask Don’t Tell policy before the House Armed Services Committee, Military Personnel Subcommittee. This was the first time in 15 years that the policy had been revisited since its creation in 1993. ...Read More
USA Today: Vigorous debate held on ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’
Opponents of the "don't ask, don't tell" policy on gays in the military denounced it as cruel and unpatriotic Wednesday. Supporters insisted it was needed to maintain military morale, and raised the prospect of a rise of HIV infection among service members if gays are allowed to serve openly. ...Read More
Time Magazine: Revisiting ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’
Today Congress is holding its first hearing in 15 years on the "Don't ask, don't tell" policy barring bisexuals, gays and lesbians from serving openly in the military. The hearings, called by a House Armed Services subcommittee, are likely to be more notable for the fact that they are being held at all rather than anything of substance they may produce. The simple fact that the hearings are taking place offers the most significant indication yet that the U.S. is finally reconsidering its strange policy of enforced hypocrisy that came to be called "Don't ask, don't tell." The hearings should also provide a delicate moment for Senator Barack Obama, who has said he opposes "Don't ask, don't tell" but is also reportedly considering one of its major architects, former Senator Sam Nunn, to be his running mate. ...Read More
New England Blade: First Congressional Hearing on DADT in 15 Years Held
The U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday, July 23, held the first hearing since 1993 on the “Don’t ask, don’t tell” policy, which prohibits lesbian, gay and bisexual people from serving openly in the military. ...Read More
