The bad news:
"I have not heard of any specific calls that the President has made."
The good news:
The White House will get more actively engaged in the healthcare fight "in due time," press secretary Robert Gibbs said today.
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THE WHITE HOUSE Office of the Press Secretary____________________________________________________For Immediate Release October 26, 2009 STATEMENT FROM PRESS SECRETARY ROBERT GIBBS ON HEALTH INSURANCE REFORM “The President congratulates Senator Reid and Chairmen Baucus and Dodd for their hard work on health insurance reform.
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Udall asks Pentagon brass for views on 'Don't Ask' Udell sits on Senate Armed Services Committee By Staff & Wire Reports Friday, October 23, 2009 WASHINGTON — Top Pentagon officials are being asked to make known their views on “Don't Ask, Don't Tell” within 30 days, according to a U.
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It appears that Sean Hannity has stopped trying to get a "czar scalp" to keep up with the one Glenn Beck supposedly got when Van Jones resigned.
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Almost the same slop served, different day. You'd think after the President left the strong impression that he was moving on DADT repeal, and along with news that Obama and Sen Joe Lieberman were commiserating on legislation, we'd learn something new.
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Activist journalist Kerry Eleveld has never been satisfied with the stock answers Press Secretary Robert Gibbs delivers when quizzed on Don't Ask Don't Tell.
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President Barack Obama won the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize today in a stunning decision designed to encourage his initiatives to reduce nuclear arms, ease tensions with the Muslim world and stress diplomacy and cooperation rather than unilateralism.
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This is HUGE news:President Barack Obama won the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday in a stunning decision designed to encourage his nascent initiatives to reduce nuclear arms, ease tensions with the Muslim world and replace unilateral American action with international diplomacy and cooperation.
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Last week, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid wrote letters to President Barack Obama and Defense Secretary Robert Gates asking for advice and "leadership" on the repeal of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell".
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Earlier this week, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid made a direct appeal to President Obama and Defense Secretary Robert Gates seeking guidance on the repeal of the military's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy.
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Not from, say, military personnel affected by this policy (natch) or families of said personnel, or even American citizens who feel strongly that DADT should be repealed immediately.
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No one here needs to be convinced, at least I don't think so, but now an article in the Pentagon's top scholarly journal says its time to get rid of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell.
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The Huffington Post's Ryan Grim reports that last week Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid sent letters to President Obama and Defense Secretary Robert Gates soliciting guidance on "Don't Ask, Don't Tell": "In letters to Gates and Obama dated Sept.
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Joint Force Quarterly is going to publish an article calling for an end to the ban on gays in the military:
"After a careful examination, there is no scientific evidence to support the claim that unit cohesion will be negatively affected if homosexuals serve openly,'' writes Colonel Om Prakash, who is now working in the office of Defense Secretary Robert M.
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A report in the Pentagon's Joint Force Quarterly strongly criticizes DADT and says the administration needs to implement its repeal.
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An upcoming article in the Pentagon's top scholarly journal suggests that the U.S. military make right with the issue of LGBT soldiers, and end "Don't Ask, Don't Tell.
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This is good news, and it's exactly what the White House should be doing. From Political Wire:
At his briefing earlier today, White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs blasted Sen.
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White House press
secretary Robert Gibbs Wednesday indicated that he did
not know the status of the Defense
Department's review of ways to soften the
enforcement of the "don't ask, don't tell" policy.
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First, not that anyone at the White House necessarily cares about the liberal wing of the party (you know, the ones who do all the work to elect Democrats), but I think Rachel Maddow captured what many of us are thinking: If someone from the White House went on the talk shows and said something like Rachel said this morning -- criticizing Senator Grassley for pushing the "death panel" story -- we'd be happy.
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The Democratic -controlled House has put the passage of the Matthew Shepard Hate Crimes Bill in doubt again and is ready to buck President Obama to buy the Pentagon new ships, and planes, that his Defense Secretary, Robert M.
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