July 5, 2009
If Only Colin Powell Would Start Pushing Obama on DADT…
Oh, wait, he is:
Time to review policy on gays
in U.S. military: PowellAmerican attitudes have changed and the “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy toward gays serving in the U.S. military should be reviewed, former Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman Colin Powell said on Sunday. …
“The policy and the law that came about in 1993, I think, was correct for the time,” Powell said on CNN’s State of the Union.
“Sixteen years have now gone by, and I think a lot has changed with respect to attitudes within our country, and therefore I think this is a policy and a law that should be reviewed.” he added.
Current Chiefs of Staff Chairman Admiral Mike Mullen, the United States’ highest ranking officer, said the military will continue to carry out the policy until it is changed. …
A bit more at the link.
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