Top U.S. General Defends Military's Policy on Gays

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Top U.S. General Defends Military's Policy on Gays

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By Will Dunham

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff on Friday defended the "don't ask, don't tell" policy banning openly gay people from serving in the U.S. military amid a new push by critics in Congress to repeal it.


"I know there is some interest in the subject, as there is almost continuously. In the meantime, we try to implement the 'don't ask, don't tell' policy the best we can," Air Force Gen. Richard Myers, the top U.S. military officer, told a meeting of the American Society of Newspaper Editors........



Republican Reps. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen of Florida, Christopher Shays of Connecticut and Jim Kolbe of Arizona have joined about 70 Democrats in co-sponsoring a bill introduced in March in the House of Representatives by Massachusetts Democratic Rep. Martin Meehan to prohibit discrimination against homosexuals in the military........



.......The Government Accountability Office, the investigative arm of Congress, said in a February report the military had spent $190 million recruiting and training replacements for the roughly 9,500 service members discharged over the past decade because of their homosexuality.

[bluestateguy]

1. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen is no liberal RINO

Castro's Cuba is rather harsh to homosexuals.

Anyway, once the draft is brought back, you'll see the most right wing nutjobs go along with the suspension of this policy for the duration of the "emergency". Then of course, all the gay servicepersons will be dishonorably discharged and denied benefits.

[DRoseDARs]

2. "could undermine good discipline and order and harm unit cohesion."

That anyone still uses that claptrap anymore. Erm, duh, you've been serving alongside gay British soldiers for 2 years now; they don't seem to have any trouble. Haven't heard of any spontaneous gay orgies breaking out in the heat of battle yet... :eyes:

[saigon68]

3. Myers-= One of the worst Sleaze Bucket Lap-Dogs for the

Bush Criminals. He has real ability to give total obedience to the CHIMPANZEE. Who he needs for gratification.