Posted on 11/09/2010 8:28:48 AM PST by rabscuttle385
The Obama administration reiterated its support Monday for repealing the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy as Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) worked to strip language repealing the ban from the annual defense authorization bill.
"The White House opposes any effort to strip 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' from the National Defense Authorization Act," said White House communications director Dan Pfeiffer.
The written statement came as gay rights groups working to end the ban and liberal bloggers raised concerns that McCain would succeed in stripping repeal language from the massive defense policy bill. McCain, the ranking Republican on the Senate Armed Services Committee, originally supported repeal but switched course this year and is exploring ways to introduce a revised version of the defense bill, a spokeswoman said.
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Don’t worry; he’ll be for it again before you can batt and eye.
I don’t believe this article is accurate.
McCain’s position has always been that it should be left up to the military.
McCain has a lot of shortcommings and areas he deserves to be critisized by conservatives, but this isn’t one of them.
When has McCain been on record supporting repeal of DADT? The fact an unnamed spokeswoman makes the claim doesn`t make it so. Clearly McCain is an uber-RINO, but let`s know the facts. When did he support allowing open homosexuality in the military?
Bravo...good post!
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