washingtonmonthly.com - 6/5/2009
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AMERICANS ARE READY TO SCRAP DADT.... I suspect the White House is reluctant to push too aggressively on repealing "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" right now because officials are afraid of derailing other priorities. If Obama were to scrap DADT this...
librarygrape.com - 6/5/2009
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librarygrape.com —
These new poll numbers from Gallup on the
question of repealing Don't Ask, Don't Tell are pretty...
remarkable: Americans are six percentage points more likely than they were four years ago to favor allowing openly gay men and lesbian women to serve in the military, 69% to 63%. While liberals and ...
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Vast Majority of *Conservatives* Favor Repeal of DADT
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Vast Majority of *Conservatives* Favor Repeal of DADT
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... recently been more vocal in urging him to fulfill. While the administration to date has not taken action on the issue, the Gallup Poll data indicate that the public-opinion environment favors such a move. In particular, the more conservative segments of the population who could be expected to be most resistant to such a policy change have shifted in favor of repealing the existing ban, to the extent that majority support now spans all segments of the population.As Steve Benen notes: So, not only do seven in 10 Americans support ...
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