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Old 12-11-2007, 04:11 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Obama supports repeal of Don't Ask Don't Tell
I didn't need another reason to support Obama for president, but now I have one. I am so proud to have him as my senator!

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The Frontlines: Obama Endorses MREA

Senator Barack Obama (D-IL), a candidate for the 2008 Democratic presidential nomination, has said that as commander-in-chief he will press Congress to pass The Military Readiness Enhancement Act, a bill to repeal "Don't Ask, Don't Tell."

All this week, candidates responded to a question from the Human Rights Campaign about how, as president, they would work to repeal the law. Senator Obama said, in part, that "As president, I will work with Congress and place the weight of my administration behind enactment of the Military Readiness Enhancement Act, which will make nondiscrimination the official policy of the U.S. military. I will task the Defense Department and the senior command structure in every branch of the armed forces with developing an action plan for the implementation of a full repeal of 'Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.' And I will direct my Secretaries of Defense and Homeland Security to develop procedures for taking re-accession requests from those qualified service members who were separated from the armed forces under Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell and still want to serve their country."
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Old 12-11-2007, 05:14 PM   #2 (permalink)
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I didn't need another reason to support Obama for president, but now I have one. I am so proud to have him as my senator!

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The Frontlines: Obama Endorses MREA

Senator Barack Obama (D-IL), a candidate for the 2008 Democratic presidential nomination, has said that as commander-in-chief he will press Congress to pass The Military Readiness Enhancement Act, a bill to repeal "Don't Ask, Don't Tell."

All this week, candidates responded to a question from the Human Rights Campaign about how, as president, they would work to repeal the law. Senator Obama said, in part, that "As president, I will work with Congress and place the weight of my administration behind enactment of the Military Readiness Enhancement Act, which will make nondiscrimination the official policy of the U.S. military. I will task the Defense Department and the senior command structure in every branch of the armed forces with developing an action plan for the implementation of a full repeal of 'Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.' And I will direct my Secretaries of Defense and Homeland Security to develop procedures for taking re-accession requests from those qualified service members who were separated from the armed forces under Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell and still want to serve their country."

Given the vagueness of his "Change" platform and his reliance on chat-show hosts, the chances of Obama being elected President of the United States is diminishing rapidly.

Military policies are best left to members of the military and not used as political footballs by naive politicians.
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I wasn't gonna vote for him anyway, now I just have yet another reason not to. Until he has had any real experience in anything military, he should just stick to giving them targets and leave the enlistment procedures to them.
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I didn't need another reason to support Obama for president, but now I have one. I am so proud to have him as my senator!

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Senator Barack Obama (D-IL), a candidate for the 2008 Democratic presidential nomination, has said that as commander-in-chief he will press Congress to pass The Military Readiness Enhancement Act, a bill to repeal "Don't Ask, Don't Tell."
Wow! the man is a regular FDR. He will press Congress? Wow.


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um, if we left the enlistment procedures to them we'd never have heard the name of, Colin Powell.
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I wasn't gonna vote for him anyway, now I just have yet another reason not to. Until he has had any real experience in anything military, he should just stick to giving them targets and leave the enlistment procedures to them.
um, if we left the enlistment procedures to them we'd never have heard the name of, Colin Powell.


um, if we left the enlistment procedures to them alone, we'd never have heard the name of, Colin Powell.


um, if we left the enlistment procedures to them alone, we'd never have heard the name of, Colin Powell.


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Why not? Black people have always served in the armed forces. They may have been separate, but they DID serve. Openly. Can't "sneak" in pretending you aren't black. And gay people have always been "black listed". LOL If they were "out", they were "out". Why wouldn't there be a Colin Powell?
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Why not? Black people have always served in the armed forces. They may have been separate, but they DID serve. Openly. Can't "sneak" in pretending you aren't black. And gay people have always been "black listed". LOL If they were "out", they were "out". Why wouldn't there be a Colin Powell?
You have never been in the military.

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You have never been in the military.

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