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Daily Illini: Othman O’Malley - Don’t ask, don’t tell, get AIDS?
If you've tuned in to C-SPAN recently you may have caught a glimpse of an interesting hearing. It involved bands of violent lesbians, "forced cohabitation" with gay men, the spread of AIDS and "skin to skin" contact. Oh my! What on earth was the topic of this discussion, and why was it being conducted in the hallowed confines of the people's Congress? No, it wasn't Sen. Larry Craig's last conversation with Pastor Haggard. It was a House Armed Services personnel subcommittee hearing on "Don't ask, don't tell." ...Read More
Detroit News: Deb Price - Help military by letting gays serve openly
On Sept. 11, 2001, Navy Capt. Joan Darrah's weekly intelligence briefing turned out to be anything but routine: She and her colleagues watched CNN's coverage of terrorist-hijacked planes ramming into the World Trade Center. ...Read More
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette: Allowing gays in military opposed as threat to national security
The following is from the prepared statement of Elaine Donnelly, president of the Center for Military Readiness, for a House Armed Services Committee hearing Wednesday on the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy on gay people in the military. She argued that gays should be ineligible for service: ...Read More
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Jim Stingl - To serve, but not deserve dignity?
It’s not that Britton Andrew Jones failed to grasp the military’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy on homosexuality. ...Read More
Mother Jones: Debra Dickerson - GI Jane Hell: Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell
Here's why women are taking the brunt of the military's 'don't ask, don't tell' policy. ...Read More
Waco Tribune: Rowland Nethaway - Do tell; ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ redo
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama promises to remove barriers preventing homosexual men and women from serving in the armed forces. ...Read More
Bay Windows: Laura Kiritsy - Tsongas slams anti-gay military policy
Massachusetts Rep. Niki Tsongas, the newest member of the state delegation and a member of the House Armed Services Committee’s Personnel Subcommittee, delivered a strong rebuke to the military’s "Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell" in her opening remarks at the subcommittee’s congressional oversight hearing on the policy on July 23. ...Read More
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
Las Vegas Sun: Aubrey Sarvis - ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ an anachronism
Today a House armed services subcommittee will begin the first serious examination in 15 years of the federal law commonly known as “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” and its effect on our clearly overextended military’s ability to fight two wars in the Middle East. The law prohibits gays and lesbians from serving openly in our armed forces. ...Read More
