All Entries Tagged With: "Senate Armed Services Committee"
Levin: Senate to take up ‘Don’t Ask’ in September
Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Carl Levin (D-Mich.) told the Blade on Thursday he’s expecting the full Senate to take up “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” repeal in September after lawmakers return from August recess. Advocates have been anticipating a vote on the fiscal year 2011 defense authorization bill — the vehicle to which repeal language [...]
Despite compromise, advocates celebrate votes to repeal ‘Don’t Ask’
McCain pledges to derail ‘Don’t Ask’ momentum
‘Don’t Ask’ repeal votes in Senate committee in question
Supporters of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” repeal are still working to obtain the necessary support — which possibly could be only one more vote – for passage of an amendment during upcoming Senate committee consideration of major defense budget legislation. Those seeking an end to “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” are hoping the compromise measure unveiled earlier this week [...]
Congress nears key votes on ‘Don’t Ask’ repeal
Levin seeks to overturn law as part of Defense budget process
Gates clarifies ‘Don’t Ask’ study’s focus is implementation
Letter also says study should inform congressional action
General sorry for remarks on gays in Dutch military
A retired general who supports “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” recently apologized for remarks blaming gays in the Dutch military for a Bosnian massacre — although one blogger is questioning whether the officer is in fact taking back his words. In a March 29 letter obtained by DC Agenda and other media outlets, retired Marine Corps Gen. [...]
Could Pentagon’s ‘Don’t Ask’ review hinder repeal?
Petraeus suggests outcome ‘could go in either direction’
Discharged officers to testify on ‘Don’t Ask’ before Senate
Two former service members who were discharged under “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” are set to testify on the law at an upcoming Senate hearing. The Senate Armed Services Committee will hear from Jenny Kopfstein, a lesbian and former Navy surface warfare officer separated under the law, and Michael Almy, who’s gay and served as an [...]
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