google.com - 5/20/2009
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8 hours ago WASHINGTON (AP) The Pentagon says it has no plans to repeal the don't ask-don't tell policy for gay troops. Pentagon spokesman Geoff Morrell said Tuesday that the military's top leaders have only had initial discussions with the White House about whether gay troops should be open ...
cbsnews.com - 5/19/2009
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cbsnews.com —
Pentagon spokesman Geoff Morrell today said there are
no plans to repeal the "don't ask, don't tell"...
policy that prohibits openly gay troops from serving in the military. President Obama vowed to repeal the controversial 1993 policy during the ...
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Pentagon: No Plans To Repeal "Don't Ask" | Political ...
breitbart.com - 5/19/2009
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breitbart.com —
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Pentagon says it has
no plans to repeal the don't ask-don't tell policy...
for gay troops. Pentagon spokesman Geoff Morrell said Tuesday that the military's top leaders have only had initial discussions with the White House about ...
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Pentagon: No plans to end don't ask-don't tell
thinkprogress.org - 5/20/2009
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Aubrey Sarvis: Air Force Boots Their 25 Million Dollar Aviator (He's Gay)
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
... In an Associated Press story this afternoon, reporter Lara Jakes quoted Pentagon spokesman Geoff Morrell as saying that both Secretary Gates and Admiral Mullen are "aware of where the President wants to go on this issue, but I don't think that there is any sense of any immediate developments in the offing on efforts to repeal don't ask-don't tell." Does this mean they know where the President wants to go but they're not going there? It doesn't sound as if the President has made a lot of progress in getting the Pentagon players on his team. ...
Will Colleges Kick Obama Off Campus?
Weekly Standard Blog —
... The excuse some universities give for not permitting ROTC on campus is don't-ask-don't-tell. This is of course a policy the military follows pursuant to legislation passed by Congress and signed by President Clinton in 1993--but the universities choose to blame the military. Now it turns out that President Obama isn't rushing to overturn the legislation. As the AP's Lara Jakes reports, "the White House has not asked for the 1993 policy to be scrapped." ...
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