Pentagon Policy on Gays Is Challenged
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The Pentagon's "don't ask, don't tell" policy is being challenged by 12 gays who have been separated from the military because of their homosexuality.
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The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said Monday he considers homosexuality to be immoral and the military should not condone it by allowing gay personnel to serve openly, the Chicago Tribune reported.
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by 365Gay.com Newscenter Staff. (Atlanta, Georgia) The first test of Atlanta&#39;s gay rights ordinance may never make it to court.
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The secretary of defense is under increasing fire over his curt response to a soldier&#39;s question. BY DREW BROWN. WASHINGTON - Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld has always been a lightning rod for controversy
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U.S. troops stationed overseas could face a court martial for patronizing prostitutes under a new regulation drafted by the Pentagon.
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The Defense secretary is drawing fire from increasingly vocal critics, including some senior Republicans and top military officers.
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A majority of Americans believe that gays and lesbians could not change their sexual orientation even if they wanted to, according to results of a CNN/Opinion Research Corporation poll released Wednesday.
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Officials are considering seeking a change in Pentagon policy that would allow for longer and more frequent call-ups of some reservists.
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It's not the sex they object to. It's the focus on straight males. In Sex Drive Daily.
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The Pentagon issued sharp criticism Friday of a new congressionally commissioned report on the National Guard and reserves, calling "fundamentally flawed" its assertion that the U.S. military is not adequately prepared to respond to nuclear, biological and chemical attacks on the United States.
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What the Bush administration had hoped would be a triumphant achievement is clouded by doubts, even within the Pentagon, about whether a missile defense system that is on its way to costing more than $100 billion will work.
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Twelve former U.S. soldiers challenged the government's "Don't ask, don't tell" policy that bars openly declared gays from the military, telling a federal court on Wednesday it forced them into a life of lies.
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Nelson Minar blogged about the recent Queer Eye for the Straight Guy episode where the "straight guy" was a US soldier about to go off to Iraq.  Nelson says :  "It seems appropriate that the show was not overtly political. There's one small "gays in the military" joke, but no comments about what's going on in Iraq, just lots of sympathy for the situation the soldier is in. But you can't watch the human scale of this, this poor guy being taken away to fight a disastrous war started under false pretenses, and not get angry. At least, I couldn't. But the Queer Eye team was smart and stayed away from that. Let their viewers draw their own conclusions."  This would be a brilliant reality TV show. ...
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Britain's Royal Air Force is to strike a blow for equality in the military by becoming the first of the country's armed forces to take part in a gay pride event, it said.
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The third Bush-Kerry debate may not change the outcome of the presidential election in November. But it may well be remembered as a milestone in the struggle for gay equality and acceptance.
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Rep. Chris Shays, who is facing a tough challenge from an anti-war Democrat, on Wednesday called for Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld to resign &#151; a rare demand from a longtime Republican.
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CAPITOL HILL A Democratic senator isn&#39;t satisfied with the answer Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld gave to a US soldier in Kuwait today.