Posted on 04/08/2010 7:59:30 PM PDT by honestabe010
After announcing changes to its existing dont ask, dont tell (DADT) policy, the Department of Defense (DoD) told CNSNews.com that a member of the military who makes a statement that he or she is homosexual or bisexual, or words to that effect still can be separated from the armed forces.
The policy changes, announced at a Mar. 25 press briefing at the Pentagon, basically make it harder to initiate an official inquiry into whether a soldier is homosexual, raise the authority level needed to discharge a soldier, and set stricter rules on evidence and confidential information used in such inquiries.
These changes reflect some of the insights we have gained over 17 years of implementing the current law, including the need for consistency, oversight and clear standards, said Defense Sec. Robert Gates on Mar. 25. I believe these changes represent an important improvement in the way the current law is put into practice -- above all, by providing a greater measure of common sense and common decency to a process for handling what are difficult and complex issues for all involved.
(Excerpt) Read more at thewoodwardreport.com ...
Cum again???..........Grrrrrrr
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