Levin: No Hearings on DADT Until 2010

From the Army Times: Promised December congressional hearings into President Barack Obama’s proposed repeal of the military’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy on service by gays will be postponed until next year so the Senate Armed Services Committee can concentrate on investigating the Fort Hood shootings, according to the committee chairman.
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EXCUSES: The Senate Just Knocked DADT's Hearings Into Next Year

You thought the postponement of the House's hearings on ENDA were frustrating? How about the Senate opting to delay hearings on Don't Ask Don't Tell? Well that's what Sen.
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SLDN not impressed with punt on DADT by Obama nominee Stanley

The President nominated Marine General Clifford Stanley (Ret.), to serve as Undersecretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness, a position that would be responsible for implementing a reversal of Don't Ask, Don't Tell in the Pentagon.
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Incompetence Puts D.C.'s AIDS Funds at Risk … Levi Was Never Going Full Frontal

ON OUR GAYDAR — News, notes, clicks, and quips from around the web. → If Washington D.C. doesn't put a stop to the "mishandling" of federal AIDS funds, then HUD is simply going to stop giving them out.
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Why marriage rights are important: another angle

Whether it's the lesbian who had to wait with her children unable to see her partner of many many years even though she was dying in the hospital, or the gay man who lost his house when his long term partner died and they had crippling inheritance tax or the partner of a gay soldier who had to learn about his boyfriend's death when the media turned up to INTERVIEW HIM ABOUT IT (I think that's as much to do with DADT as anything - but seriously, that's madness) to the INNUMERABLE cases where wills, power of attorneys et al have been challenged (successfully!) when homosexuals have desperately taken what limited steps we could to ensure basic rights that heterosexuals take for granted.
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Must read: Analysis – the significance of Darren Manzella’s DADT story

Darren Manzella

Writer “Steve W.” takes a closer look at the significance of Darren Manzella’s army career in a post on the blog Care2:Make a Difference.
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The 2009 Equality NC Conference is jumping

Despite waking up late (the dogs didn't wake us up!), Kate and I are here at the Equality NC Conference, held at the University of North Carolina - Greensboro.
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How Does Obama Have Time For Pre-Election Immigration Reform, But Not DOMA?

As reader Brian writes in an email, perhaps this article should be titled "More proof gay rights are on the bottom of the Obama to do list," because "two simple repeals of old law [DOMA and DADT] — cheap dates — are last on Obama's to do list.
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Barney Frank: DADT repeal will be in 2011 Defense Authorization

Barney Frank: DADT repeal will be in 2011 Defense Authorization
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Repealing DADT Is Only the First Step

(I wrote this last February for 365gay.com, and have posted it here before, but I wanted to repost it in honor of Veteran’s day.
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Doctors' Orders: The AMA Votes Against DADT, For Gay Marriage

The AMA voted this week to speak out against DADT and in favor of gay marriage. Gay rights are now officially a health issue.
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American Medical Association Calls For Repeal of DADT

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WASHINGTON, DC - Servicemembers United, the nation's largest organization of gay and lesbian troops and veterans and their allies, announced today that the American Medical Association (AMA) has passed a resolution calling for full repeal of the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" law.
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Building the Case for Repealing DADT

From Boston.com: The Obama administration today has more research to help make its case for allowing gays and lesbians to serve openly in the armed forces.
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A New LGBT Advocate Is Emerging in the US Senate

From New York's Gay City News:"For himself, I think, he’s going to take all the time he believes he needs in order to be successful, because it’s all about being successful.
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Obama to end HIV travel ban today

This is great news, and the president deserves our thanks. This has been a good week, with the signing of the hate crimes bill and now lifting the HIV travel ban.
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Arlen Specter reinforces support for pro-LGBT legislation in "Time to Repeal DOMA"

Party-switching Pennsylvania U.S. Senator Arlen Specter (D) makes an appeal to LGBT voters to help him cling to his seat with a piece up at Huff Post outlining his support for repeal of DADT and DOMA, as well as passage of ENDA and the enactment of hate crimes legislation into law.
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Is Army Secretary McHugh suggesting a "Separate but Equal" Repeal of DADT?

In an interview with the Army Times, Army Secretary John McHugh, said that the while the Army is waiting for a directive from the Obama Administration to figure out a plan for implementing openly gay service members into the Army, it's possible that part of that plan could include LGBT's being allowed to serve in some occupations or units but barred from others once the repeal of DADT came.
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McHugh: Chill On The Gay Ban

Here's an interesting nugget from the Army secretary's recent sit-down with the Army Times: Selling the idea [of repealing DADT] to Congress, which has the final say, could depend on exactly what the administration tries to do in terms of.
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Army Secretary Says Military Ready to Lift DADT

From Reuters: The Secretary of the Army, John McHugh, indicated this weekend that the Army is prepared to lift the ban on openly gay service if the Commander-in-Chief and the Congress decide to end the “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy, a prospect that has gathered steam in recent weeks.
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Army Secretary: Lifting DADT Can Be Done

Secretary of the Army John McHugh said in an interview Sunday that there's no reason to believe that ending the military's gay ban would be disruptive to the troops.
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