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Gibbs: McHugh and Obama 'both don't think [DADT] is working for this country right now.' (video)
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Gibbs: McHugh and Obama 'both don't think [DADT] is working for this country right now.' (video)
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advocate.com - 6/2/2009
Gibbs: Army Secretary Nominee Favors DADT Change  | News
— advocate.com — White House press secretary Robert Gibbs said Tuesday that President Barack Obama's nominee for secretary of the... Army, Republican representative John McHugh, agrees with the president that "don't ask, don't tell" should be changed. "I think it's ... (more) Gibbs: Army Secretary Nominee Favors DADT Change ...

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voices.washingtonpost.com - 6/2/2009
The Fix - McHugh to Be Army Secretary, Special Election Looms
— voices.washingtonpost.com — Go for it. Make sure that no hispanic ever vote R again! "Yesterday, C-SPAN invited right-wing pundit... Pat Buchanan onto its hour-long Washington Journal show. In recent days, Buchanan has made headlines for spewing hatred toward Supreme Court nominee ... (more) The Fix - McHugh to Be Army Secretary, Special Election ...

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rollcall.com - 6/5/2009
McHugh Says View Has Changed on 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell'
— rollcall.com — Rep. John McHugh (R-N.Y.), President Barack Obama's nominee for secretary of the Army, is keeping mum on... his position on the controversial "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy barring openly gay people from serving in the military. (more) McHugh Says View Has Changed on 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell'

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Gibbs: McHugh and Obama ‘both don’t think [DADT] is working for this country right now.’
Think Progress — Today, President Obama named Rep. John McHugh (R-NY) as his nominee to be Secretary of the Army. Though neither Obama nor McHugh discussed the military’s Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell policy today, Press Secretary Robert Gibbs today said McHugh shares Obama’s commitment to repealing the ban, which isn’t “working for this country right now”: It’s obvious from those statements and other statements that Congressman McHugh has made that he and the president are in agreement on changing the policy they both don’t think is working for this country right now. And it’s a priority of the ...

Obama's new Army Secretary supports changing "Don't Ask, Don't Tell"
AMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth — Well, here's some good news, via Kerry Eleveld at the Advocate. At today's White House press briefing, Kerry asked Robert Gibbs about the nomination of Rep. John McHugh (R-NY), who Obama picked to be Secretary of the Army today. McHugh has indicated support for changing the DADT policy -- and, for what seems like the first time in a long time, Gibbs gave a solid response about changing that law: White House press secretary Robert Gibbs said Tuesday that President Barack Obama's nominee for Secretary of the Army, Republican Representative John McHugh, agrees with the president that "don't ask, don't tell" should be changed. "I think it's obvious ...

Army Secretary Nominee McHugh Favors “Changing” DADT, per Gibbs
Firedoglake — Kerry Eleveld of the Advocate, continuing to question White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs directly about LGBT issues, asked Tuesday if a review of the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" (DADT) policy was something President Obama took into consideration in choosing the New York GOP Congressman for the position of Secretary of the Army. ...

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