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...that the "Don't ask, don't tell" policy should be reevaluated, he has not said whether he personally opposes it. (Which is why activists have told the Obama campaign that picking Nunn would cause problems with gay fund raising.) For his part, Obama has long said he would repeal the policy, but he has not said how or when he would do so. Because the law gives the Secretary of Defense the sole power to devise the "procedures" under which homosexual conduct or statements are discovered, a President Obama could, on Day 1, instruct his new Secretary to simply...
...group hopes to encourage Republican Senator Susan M. Collins of Maine and Democratic Senator Edward M. Kennedy ’54-’56 of Massachusetts—who has said in the past that he needs a Republican co-sponsor—into working together to repeal the policy, according to Brooks. By stopping in New York City and Washington D.C., Brooks said, the tour hopes to put pressure on presidential candidates Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, and John McCain, and perhaps ask for meetings with legislators. The military policy first came into effect as part...
Cookie Monster loves to eat cookies, and nothing else. Even the best intentions shouldn’t be grounds to repeal that law of the universe. Regardless, the few certain things in my life are dwindling, so Tiger Woods better keep winning and Quadded freshmen better keep rationalizing. Otherwise, I’ll have no other way to keep my grasp on reality...
...proposal’s seven original points were vetted down to four, with two recommendations—one to allow recognition of ROTC coursework on the Harvard transcript, another to encourage a faculty resolution to bring ROTC back on campus upon the repeal of the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”—narrowly passing in an open vote, according to Harvard Democrats President Jarret A. Zafran...
...supplier and its seventh largest trading partner overall. The weakening of tourist and remittance restrictions have revealed just how valuable the dollar is in Havana, where surgeons moonlight as bellhops because the tips they make from American tourists are worth more than their professional salary. Imagine what an actual repeal of the embargo might accomplish...