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Blog Entries by Aubrey Sarvis from 12/2008

Under Obama "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" Will Pass Away

| Posted 12.03.2008 | Politics
Read More: Bill Clinton, Joint Chiefs, House, Repeal of Don't Ask Don't Tell, President Obama, Admiral Mike Mullen, Sldn, Congress, Barack Obama, Senate, Gays in the Military, Politics News

I am confident that Mr. Obama will work to end the ban on lesbians and gays serving openly in the military. Why am I so confident? Because Barack Obama said so.

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Don't Tell, But the Military Is Now Recruiting Foreigners

| Posted 12.07.2008 | Politics
Read More: Don't Ask Don't Tell, Servicemembers Legal Defense Network, Bush Administration, Dennis Baron, Department of Defense, Blackwater, Halliburton, Bob Gates, Civilian Contractors, Enlistment Bonuses, Enlisting Felons, Military Recruiting, Border Fence, Translators, Major Margaret Witt, Politics News

Foreigners on student or work visas are probably at least as good a bet as the serious felons the armed forces have been reduced to chasing after. Provided they're straight, of course.

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Time for Action

| Posted 12.29.2008 | Politics
Read More: Melissa Etheridge, Don't Ask Don't Tell, US Military, Human Rights Report, Department of Defense, Proposition 8, President Obama, Rick Warren, H.R. 1246, Army Recruitment, Frank Rich, Carl Levin, Barack Obama, State Department, President Clinton, Politics News

Obama has long been a supporter of lifting "Don't Ask, Don't Tell," but since the election, fairness, justice, and civil rights for the LGBT community seems to be delayed.

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