Wednesday, November 17, 2010

DADT is dead #9

Harry Reid has made a strong commitment to a full vote on the repeal of DADT during this lame duck session, some time in December. Quoting him:

"Our Defense Department supports repealing 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' as a way to build our all-volunteer armed forces. . . .We need to repeal this discriminatory policy so that any American who wants to defend our country can do so."

There was a meeting with "a strong White House presence," including Deputy Chief of Staff Jim Messina and Legislative Affairs Director Phil Schiliro. Press Secretary Robert Gibbs said Obama considers repeal "a priority."

Joe Lieberman has planned a press conference for Thursday morning with other Democrats "to show broad support" for the repeal, according to reports. Let's hope so -- Lieberman needs to redeem himself and breaking with his buddy McCain would help.

Stay tuned.

Ralph
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3 comments:

  1. AnonymousNovember 17, 2010 at 9:56 PM

    I wondered if you saw this. Maybe your second DADT #8 will be the charm!

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  2. RalphNovember 17, 2010 at 11:09 PM

    Oops !! I mis-numbered and have now changed it to #9. Or will that undo the charm?

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  3. AnonymousNovember 18, 2010 at 6:02 PM

    I actually see Reid's putting this on the agenda as a real positive - maybe a sign of something new coming. What this midterm should say to the Democrats is "stand up and fight!" Stop trying to get them to compromise. They're having a field day negating those attempts. We'd rather see you fight and lose than capitulate...

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