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Ioo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-04-09 09:47 AM
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Obama PUNTS on Don't Ask, Don't Tell - Says it needs more study - Gays Tossed Under Again
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Edited on Wed Feb-04-09 09:49 AM by Ioo
Bus, meet the gays, gays, this is bus, you will be tossed under it.

http://www.palmcenter.org/press/dadt/releases/Marine+General+Questions+Obama+Plan

SANTA BARBARA, CA, February 3, 2009 – A retired Brigadier General for the U.S. Marine Corps has questioned the Obama administration’s plan to form a Pentagon commission to study “don’t ask, don’t tell.” “There's been enough studying throughout the years,” said General Hugh Aitken. “Creating a new study will not change the facts.”

Aitken participated in a comprehensive 2008 review of the policy which found that there is no evidence showing that openly gay service would harm the military, and a great deal of evidence showing it would not.

According to a February 1st Boston Globe report, the Obama administration has decided not to move forward on repealing “don’t ask, don’t tell” until the Pentagon can “undertake a detailed study of how a change in the policy would affect the military.” This may not happen for several months or longer, says the Globe article.
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