Delay DADT Repeal? Pentagon Says No

[William769]

House Armed Services Committee chairman Rep. Bud McKeon (R-Calif.) and Rep. Joe Wilson (R-S.C.) have asked for a delay in “don’t ask, don’t tell” repeal, set for Sept. 20, because the committee has not received a summary of policy changes on benefits and other matters, they write.

"The Department is not ready to implement the repeal because all the policies and regulations necessary for the transition are not yet final," the congressmen wrote in a letter dated Sept. 12. "We would ask that the senior military leaders' memoranda immediately be made public and transmitted to the Committee on Armed Services." (Fox News has a report and link to the letter here.)

A Pentagon spokesman confirmed that the repeal date will stand, however.

http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2011/09/15/Delay_DADT_Repeal_Pentagon_Says_No/

[pinboy3niner]

1. K&R

[MineralMan]

2. Buzz off, Republicans. This story is finished, and you lost.

Screw your demands!

[msanthrope]

3. Deal with it, Bud and Joe.....nt

[TriMera]

4. With DOMA still in effect, there are no changes on

benefits, Bud. These assholes will try anything. Good on the Pentagon for standing their ground.

[William769]

5. In other related news.

General foresees muted response to gay ban repeal

(Washington) An Army general who co-directed a Pentagon study on ending the ban on gays serving openly in the military said Wednesday that repeal is likely to prove “pretty inconsequential.”
Gen. Carter Ham said he expects civilians who strongly oppose the move – and some gay rights advocates – will voice their views when the repeal takes Tuesday. But inside the military the prevailing attitude likely will be business-as-usual, with no call for further debate about the merits of repeal, he said.

“My hope, my expectation, my belief is that it will be pretty inconsequential,” he told The Associated Press in a brief interview. His comments echoed the prevailing view among senior U.S. military and civilian officials at the Pentagon, who think repeal will largely be taken in stride.

Ham, commander of U.S. Africa Command, co-chaired a Pentagon group that in 2010 studied how to implement a repeal law, which was subsequently passed by Congress in December. Some in Congress, including House Armed Services Committee Chairman Howard P. “Buck” McKeon, R-Calif., have criticized President Barack Obama’s decision in July to certify that repeal of the ban would not harm the military’s ability to fight.


http://www.365gay.com/uncategorized/general-foresees-muted-response-to-gay-ban-repeal/

[Divine Discontent]

6. I will write my always closeted Air Force friend on the 20th and say, you better vote for Obama now!

http://www.zazzle.com/republicans_2012_keeping_millions_out_of_work_bumper_sticker-128002960205017719