rssPetraeus Says ‘The Time Has Come’ to Consider Repealing ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 at 10:38 am
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Testifying this morning before the Senate Armed Services Committee, Gen. David Petraeus, the commander of U.S. troops in the Middle East and South Asia, has yet to deliver what he said was an “eight-minute statement” on his views about repealing “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.” But in something of a preview, he said “the time has come” to consider repealing the ban on open gay military service, caveating it by saying that a thorough and “thoughtful” study of the issue needs to consider the effects on a military at war. It’s an issue Petraeus said defies “sound bites,” but that’s what we have right now.
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Comment posted March 16, 2010 @ 2:40 pm
Personally, I dont hink its anyones business. If they are capable of doing the job, their private sexual orientation should have no bearing at all.
Jess
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