Posted on 08/20/2005 11:26:13 AM PDT by Carl/NewsMax
Sept. 11 Commission member Jamie Gorelick, who critics say hobbled the war on terrorism when she served as deputy attorney general under President Clinton, was a leading proponent for one of the Clinton administration's most controversial proposals when she served as general counsel for the Pentagon in 1993 and 1994.
In that position, Gorelick took the lead in implementing the White House's hotly contested "gays in the military" plan, which drew howls of protest from the military's rank and file - and even had then-Secretary of Defense Les Aspin openly worrying that Pentagon brass would "derail" the Clinton plan.
"This places an incredible burden on commanders in the field," Sen. John McCain complained at the time. Then-Joint Chiefs Chairman Colin Powell nearly quit over the plan.
In an extraordinary Dec. 22, 1993 press conference, Secretary Aspin attempted to explain a compromise plan, dubbed "don't ask, don't pursue," that had been hammered out with the White House. But after a few introductory remarks, Ms. Gorelick took over.
"The [Armed] services will implement these guidelines, these directives, in 45 days," Gorelick declared. "Investigations of sexual misconduct will be undertaken in an even-handed manner without regard to whether the service member is heterosexual or homosexual."
After spending several minutes outlining the new gays in the military directive, Gorelick took questions from the press, prompting several provocative exchanges.
Here's one:
REPORTER: [What about] personnel security. A gay Marine goes into a position and he has to have a security clearance. Now, on the form he can't put, "I am a homosexual," right?
MS. GORELICK: He will not be asked.
REPORTER: Okay. In the course of the investigation they find out he is a homosexual.
MS. GORELICK: Yes?
REPORTER: None of that can be used against him?
MS. GORELICK: Not for separation or criminal justice proceedings . . . But his sexual orientation itself, sexual activity in and of itself does not disqualify him from receiving a personnel security clearance. [END OF EXCERPT]
Isn't it kinda strange that Janet Reno gets a complete pass in this whole entire deal? Is she off the hook because of the Waco torching?
Not really if you figure she was a figurehead.
"She is married to a doctor and has two kids."
Hillary is married with 1 child. "Clinton Dyke Parade" is my was of describing the ultra-feminists associated with the Clintons.
No, the details as to her extent of involvement in ANY actual work is "shaky"...
Ba-Doom-boom!
bttt
i pronounce her name either Gore-Lick or go relick...eithe rway she ain't purty and neither is her name...
she must have been Hildy June's belly bumping baby!!!
They never needed to read the statement after his acquittal. But they never looked at the other side of the issue - the gross violation of the civil rights of Ron Goldman and Nicole Brown Simpson.
To my knowledge there is no statute of limitations on the prosecution of a Federal conspiracy to commit murder charge. When will US DOJ get going on this?
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Nothing like an even-handed ....
She was one of Hillary's picks.
It sure seems she has been giving us her awl.
HF
<< Gorelick seemed to have a lot of power in the Clinton Administration. Anyone know if she was a "roomate" of Hillary's at Wellesly? >>
Rumor has it they also shared the DC apartment at which, as Rush Limbaugh originally and accurately reported, [And later retracted] Vince Foster was whacked.
Exactly. Old "Howdy Doody" Ross was Clinton's most ingenius result of focus groups. He was from Texarkana. They only had one bump in the road. Perot was threatening to peak too soon and was a major threat to Clinton among the undecided. So he said daffy things for awhile and took a month off in the middle of the campaign.
As dreadful a candidate and president as Bush Sr. was, he still was hard charging at the end. And it took Perot's reappearance in the race and the shameful indictment of Weinberger by Lawrence Walsh, the Friday before the election to elect Hillbilly Bill.
The media was at it's monolithic best, reporting discouraging poll numbers for Bush throughout and never ever letting it be said that a vote for Perot was a vote for Clinton. Anybody who voted for Perot will take that action to their grave.
If we discriminated against all sinners we would all be in jail.
Yes being homosexual is a sin. But so is having an affair and a million other things.
It's not our job as Christians to be barring everyone left and right from things they want because they are out and out sinners. It's our job to love everyone and preach the word so that they may come into the fold.
ah memories..."don't ask, dont tell" was Clinton's VERY FIRST initiative toward strengthening America's defenses....aside from appointing Les Aspin as SecDef, of course.
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