WASHINGTON -- ASHINGTON -- The Senate voted 65-31 on Saturday to end Don't Ask, Don't Tell, defeating a 17-year policy of banning gay and lesbian service members from serving openly in the military.
The Senate took a big step toward ending the military's ban on openly gay servicemembers today. By a vote of 63 to 33, the Senate voted to end debate on a bill repealing the military's Don't Ask, Don't Tell policy, opening the door for ...
The Senate took a big step toward ending the military's ban on openly gay servicemembers today, voting to end debate on a bill repealing the military's Don't Ask, Don't Tell policy.
prior to 1993, there was no statute saying that gays couldn't openly serve in the military. the u.s. code was silent on the issue. but even so gays were barred from the military by DOD policy. just because the DADT statute is repealed, ...
Moments ago, by a 65-31 vote, the Senate acted to repeal Don't Ask Don't Tell, the policy banning gays from openly serving in the military. The same six GOP senators who broke with their party during the cloture vote earlier today also ...
Passing DADT repeal is only the beginning of a long process of bringing the Pentagon regulations and systems into conformity with the new law. This will take a while. Defense Secretary Robert Gates has put out a statement that while ...
I'm NOT saying that repeal will harm military effectiveness; I'm saying that supporters of repeal don't care about military effectiveness. If they did they'd be (perhaps grudgingly) ok with DADT because that policy has NOT harmed ...
Nothing is ever assured in the Senate. But today seems to be the day for DADT repeal. And all signs suggest it's going to happen. Here's our preview. Worth noting of course that today is the cloture vote -- the...
I just listened to my bigoted senator, Saxby Chambliss (R-GA), speaking in favor of filibustering the repeal of DADT. He recently confirmed that it was his Atlanta office that posted a "All faggots must die" comment over on the JMG blog ...
Sen. Amy Klobuchar appeared on the Rachel Maddow show on MSNBC on Thursday evening to share her support for a repeal of Don't Ask, Don't Tell. Klobuchar said there are enough votes to pass a standalone bill in the U.S. Senate on ...