Voices of the troops from the ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ report
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on December 1st, 2010 5:37 am by HL
Voices of the troops from the ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ report
Some expressed fears about contracting AIDS or getting leered at in the showers. Others worried that it would get in the way of critical bonding at barbecues and bar outings. Still others said it would be an affront to their religious beliefs and harm the military’s credibility.
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My editor popped into my office to ask “What’s the headline?” out of the release of the long-awaited report on the repeal of don’t ask don’t tell. The answer was pretty easy. Defense Secretary Robert Gates wants the Senate to repeal don’t ask don’t tell before the courts force him to eliminate th…
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Wikileaks surged into prominence again this week as they released a large cache of sometimes classified American diplomatic data. The American government scrambled to contain the damage, as the Post reported:
