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...Serving in Silence: The Margarethe Cammermeyer Story." About: Lesbian nurse fights to stay in the Army; based on real-life person. As you can probably tell, this was not a Pat Robertson/Strom Thurmond production. But I should probably go down the list of no-nos anyway: implied opposition to gays in the military (and in general) stems from bigotry, ignores good reasons for keeping ban on gays in military, includes a passionate lesbian kiss. The center presented the last one as though it was a completely radical element included just to freak the audience...
...year-old Sen. Strom Thurmond (R-S.C.) too old to chair one of the most powerful committees on Capitol Hill? Majority Whip Trent Lott (R-Miss.) and John Warner (R-Va.) reportedly met recently with Majority Leader Bob Dole to raise concerns about whether Thurmond, the Senate's oldest member, had the stamina to run the Armed Services Committee. Today, after receiving assurances from Dole that he was "an excellent senator," Thurmond spoke out: "I think it's just a little power play and there's nothing...
Warner ranks second to Thurmond on the Senate committee. For his part, Thurmond, as the Senate's president pro tempore, is fourth in line to the presidency, after Newt Gingrich...
...year-old Sen. Strom Thurmond (R-S.C.) too old to chair one of the most powerful committees on Capitol Hill? Majority Whip Trent Lott (R-Miss.) and John Warner (R-Va.) reportedly met recently with Majority Leader Bob Dole to raise concerns about whether Thurmond, the Senate's oldest member, had the stamina to run the Armed Services Committee. Today, after receiving assurances from Dole that he was "an excellent senator," Thurmond spoke out: "I think it's just a little power play and there's nothing...
Warner ranks second to Thurmond on the Senate committee. For his part, Thurmond, as the Senate's president pro tempore, is fourth in line to the presidency, after Newt Gingrich...