DADT Update: The Service Chiefs Report, The Republicans Fret

by: fake consultant

Mon Apr 11, 2011 at 10:48:45 AM MST

There was a hearing before the House Armed Services Committee last Thursday that had all four Services represented; with one exception these were the same Service Chiefs that were testifying last December when the bill to set the repeal process in motion was still a piece of prospective legislation.

At that time there was concern that the "combat arms" of the Marines and the Army were going to be impacted in a negative way by the transition to "open service"; the Commandant of the Marine Corps and the Army's Chief of Staff were the most outspoken in confirming that such concerns exist within the Pentagon as well.

We now have more information to report-including the increasing desperation of some of our Republican friends-and if you ask me, I think things might be better than we thought.

Prop 8 Trial Ends, Waiting for the Decision

by: spyderkl

Fri Jun 18, 2010 at 09:38:22 AM MST

As the three of you who read this know, i am not a lawyer.  I love reading about the law and court cases, but other than that...  So take the following comments for exactly what they're worth.