Follow BeltwayBlips on Twitter
Blog Reactions
Firedoglake: Seventy-seven Members of Congress to Obama: Stop DADT Now
AMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth: Obama won't use executive power to end gay discharges -- despite request from 77 members of Congress
pandagon.net - we are the public option: White House response to letter from 77 members of Congress asking him to act on DADT
Seventy-seven Members of Congress to Obama: Stop DADT Now
Firedoglake —
... Seventy-seven Members of Congress, writing to President Barack Obama, have asked that he direct the Defense Department to stop implementation and execution of orders under Don't-Ask-Don't-Tell while Congress begins efforts to actually repeal the law underlying the policy. The ...
Obama won't use executive power to end gay discharges -- despite request from 77 members of Congress
AMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth —
Via Kerry Eleveld from The Advocate, the White House once again made it very clear that the President is only looking at a legislative solution to "don't ask, don't tell": ...
White House response to letter from 77 members of Congress asking him to act on DADT
pandagon.net - we are the public option —
... to President Obama calling for him to suspend DADT discharges by changing the policy’s implementation at the Department of Defense (as opposed to executive order). The Advocate sought a response to this letter from the administration. It was, to be charitable, lacking. ...
Aubrey Sarvis: Service Members, Vets, and Families Marching for Justice
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
... On Monday Rep. Alcee L. Hastings (D-Fla.) and 76 other House members sent a letter to the President urging him to consider suspending DADT investigations--but contrary to some reports, not a word about a "Stop/loss order--and "to exercise the maximum discretion legally possible in administering 'don't ask, don't tell' ...
