Word: pietrangelo
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...JAMES PIETRANGELO II, a former Army officer who was dismissed for being openly gay, blasting President Obama for failing to uphold his campaign pledge to overturn the policy...
...James Pietrangelo II, the former Army infantryman and lawyer whose case the high court declined to review, reserved most of his ire for President Obama instead of the court. "He's a coward, a bigot and a pathological liar," Pietrangelo said in an interview with TIME shortly after the high court declined to hear his appeal. "This is a guy who spent more time picking out his dog, Bo, and playing with him on the White House lawn than he has working for equality for gay people," he added. "If there were millions of black people as second-class citizens...
...Pietrangelo doesn't buy the line from Obama aides - and the Pentagon - that they're too busy grappling with a faltering economy and two wars to handle the gay ban right away. "It's a complete lie that he has too much stuff on his plate - this is the guy who criticized Bush for not being able to multitask," Pietrangelo says. "We have an old saying in the military - the maximum effective range of an excuse is zero meters...
...Pietrangelo and others argue that Obama has leeway under the law that codified "Don't ask, don't tell" after the 1993 outcry when Bill Clinton tried to allow gays and lesbians to serve openly. The President, they say, could instruct the Secretary of Defense, who has the sole power to carry out the law, to make investigations a rarity, so that "Don't ask, don't tell" simply does not function. Indeed, Obama could tell the Pentagon that, as a general matter, it is not in the best interest of the armed forces to expel a service member solely...
Captain Kalen Ingram—the team’s fiery leader—displayed her frustration by shoving Big Green defenseman Louise Pietrangelo long after the whistle had blown. Though Pietrangelo illegally caught and held the puck, Ingram’s behavior was uncharacteristic of the normally disciplined Crimson squad...