Breaking News: Pentagon report finds NO REASON to bar open service by lesbians & gays. Today the Comprehensive Working Group submitted their report to Secretary Robert Gates about gay & lesbians openly serving in the military. The Pentagon report includes data from surveys sent to over half a million
servicemembers & military spouses. The survey conclude that 69 percent of responders reported that they had served with someone who they believed to be gay or lesbian & nearly all registered no disruption in their unit. On December 2nd & December 3rd the Senate Armed Services Committee will hear
from Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Mike Mullen, Comprehensive Working Group Co-Chairmen, Jeh Johnson & General Carter Hamm as well as the respective service chiefs from the Army, Marine Corps,
Navy & Air Force. Updates to Come….:)
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ReplyDeleteFor the last nine months, the Department of Defense has diligently sought to answer the questions associated with gay and lesbians openly serving in our armed forces, and by all indications this report will show open service can be implemented without negative impacts upon military readiness, military effectiveness, unit cohesion, recruitment, retention or family readiness. Now is the time for the United States Congress to strike this failed and unconstitutional policy. It is certainly not the time to pretend 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' works, as Senator John McCain suggested. While I respect his tenure and committee leadership, on this issue Senator McCain is wrong. This policy is a relic of the past and should be terminated so the United States military can best protect our national interests and fulfill our peace-keeping obligations.
R. Clarke Cooper, Executive Director Log Cabin Republicans