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	<title>Comments on: &#8216;Don&#8217;t Ask&#8217; repeal could be certified mid-summer</title>
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		<title>By: Ned Flaherty</title>
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		<dc:creator>Ned Flaherty</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When 6 homophobic TeaPublicans tried — but failed — yesterday to delay, de-fund, and de-rail the repeal of DADT, Pentagon officials swiftly rebuffed them at every step.

Calling open service by gays and lesbians a “radical major shift” that’s “jeopardizing missions and putting people in harm’s way,” 6 homophobes from the House Armed Services Committee pressed high-ranking DoD officials about imaginary problems like wasted funds, endangered troops, mass resignations, impaired missions, and open service training for military children, and said that it’s a double standard to house and shower armed forces men separately from women.

They refuse to realize that they lost all those debates already.

DoD officials gave swift, clear answers:  the training materials costing less than one cent per person are now being distributed, the training schedule is rolling out quickly, no one has resigned, soldiers are not at risk, and there is no double standard in keeping the men’s showers and barracks separate from the women’s.  The roll-out is finishing this summer, with no negative effect on morale, readiness, cohesion, retention, or recruiting.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=mKDQwh1hQww]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>When 6 homophobic TeaPublicans tried — but failed — yesterday to delay, de-fund, and de-rail the repeal of DADT, Pentagon officials swiftly rebuffed them at every step.</p>
<p>Calling open service by gays and lesbians a “radical major shift” that’s “jeopardizing missions and putting people in harm’s way,” 6 homophobes from the House Armed Services Committee pressed high-ranking DoD officials about imaginary problems like wasted funds, endangered troops, mass resignations, impaired missions, and open service training for military children, and said that it’s a double standard to house and shower armed forces men separately from women.</p>
<p>They refuse to realize that they lost all those debates already.</p>
<p>DoD officials gave swift, clear answers:  the training materials costing less than one cent per person are now being distributed, the training schedule is rolling out quickly, no one has resigned, soldiers are not at risk, and there is no double standard in keeping the men’s showers and barracks separate from the women’s.  The roll-out is finishing this summer, with no negative effect on morale, readiness, cohesion, retention, or recruiting.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mKDQwh1hQww" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mKDQwh1hQww</a></p>
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