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DADT InternalIt’s after the midterms The Washington Post, 5-25-2010, “Obama backs 'don't ask, don't tell' compromise that could pave way for repeal,” http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/05/24/AR2010052403681_pf.html President Obama has endorsed a "don't ask, don't tell" compromise between lawmakers and the Defense Department, the White House announced Monday, an agreement that may sidestep a key obstacle to repealing the military's policy banning gay men and lesbians from serving openly in the armed forces. The compromise was finalized in meetings Monday at the White House and on Capitol Hill. Lawmakers will now, within days, vote on amendments that would repeal the Clinton-era policy, with a provision ensuring that any change would not take effect until after the Pentagon completes a study about its impact on troops. That study is due to Congress by Dec. 1. In a letter to lawmakers pushing for a legislative repeal, White House budget director Peter Orszag wrote Monday that the administration "supports the proposed amendment." DADT Good – HegemonyRepeal collapses hegemony Gaffney 10 Frank, 6-14, president of the Center for Security Policy, Repealing 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' Could Have Drastic Consequences, http://www.newsmax.com/FrankGaffney/barack-obama-dont-ask/2010/06/14/id/361932 Unfortunately, thanks to an amendment added in the Senate Armed Services Committee that would impose the homosexual agenda on the U.S. military, a more appropriate title for this bill would be "the-bring-back-the-draft act." Mind you, none of the bill's sponsors would want it given such a descriptor. Nor are they likely to own up to the reality that their effort to repeal the present statutory prohibition on avowed homosexuals serving in uniform (popularly, though incorrectly, known as "don't ask, don't tell") will have the effect of destroying the highly successful all volunteer force. Yet, that is, nonetheless, the professional judgment of over 1,160 retired senior military officers who joined together earlier this year to warn President Obama and the Congress of this danger. Specifically, these distinguished officers who included among their ranks two former chairmen of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, several service chiefs, a number of combatant command, theater, and other major U.S. and allied force commanders and two Medal of Honor recipients wrote: Our past experience as military leaders leads us to be greatly concerned about the impact of repeal [of the law] on morale, discipline, unit cohesion and overall military readiness. We believe that imposing this burden on our men and women in uniform would undermine recruiting and retention, impact leadership at all levels, have adverse effects on the willingness of parents who lend their sons and daughters to military service, and eventually break the All-Volunteer Force. Such a grim assessment has been informed by, among other data, the results of a poll of serving military personnel (as opposed to civilians) conducted by the Military Times. It found that roughly 10 percent of those currently in uniform would leave the armed forces if the proponents of the amendment to the NDAA succeed in repealing the current law. The pollsters reported that another 15 percent would actively consider doing so. Interestingly, a front-page article in Sunday's Washington Post provides a flavor of how problematic such arrangements would be in practice. Entitled "In Limbo Over ‘Don't Ask, Don't Tell,'" the news item was transparently designed to promote the inevitability of repeal, and to tout the accommodations already being made by the armed forces to the anticipated post-repeal order of things. Still, the article could not avoid the reality that there will be serious issues involving conduct, discipline, spousal benefits, housing arrangements and the ability of military chaplains to practice and minister their respective faiths. These are precisely the sorts of problems an internal Pentagon review has been given until December to assess. But legislators more interested in appeasing homosexual activists than understanding the damage to the armed forces are insisting that the current prohibition be repealed now. In order to secure sufficient votes for passage, they adopted a cynical gambit: The repeal would only go into effect after the Pentagon's study is done and three officials (all of whom have already made up their mind, namely, President Obama, Defense Secretary Robert Gates and JCS Chairman Mike Mullen) give the go-ahead. The House of Representatives has already approved such a rigged game, voting recently to strike the existing law over the bipartisan objections of its Armed Services Committee and the four serving chiefs of the Army, Navy, Air Force and Marines. As a practical matter, the result will likely be a hemorrhage of talent from the military. The only alternative would be to reinstitute conscription, better known and reviled as "the draft." We will all pay the price of such irresponsible breakage of the all-volunteer force. DADT Good- Increases Readiness (1/2)DADT Ensures Military Readiness- Key to Lower Misconduct and Tension Government Executive 10(Dawn Lim is a staff writer for Government Executive. “Groups Claim Repealing Gay Ban Could Hinder Military Readiness.” Feb. 19, 2010. http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/0210/021910d1.htm. July 20, 2010.) Repealing the nearly 20-year-old policy banning openly gay men and women from serving in the armed forces would adversely affect the military's performance during wartime, according to some interest groups at this year's Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington. Earlier this month, the Pentagon's top brass voiced support for a repeal of "don't ask, don't tell," and President Obama also has said publicly that he supports overturning the Clinton-era policy. But u According to the center's policy review, putting uniformed personnel in military conditions of close quarters and "forced intimacy" with homosexuals would create misconduct and tension. Citing the threat that "zero tolerance of dissent" would lead to promotions based on "political-correctness" rather than merit, the report asserted that a policy change would hurt retention rates and unit cohesion. Elaine Donnelly, the center's president, criticized the open inclusion of gays and lesbians in the military as "social engineering," echoing the words used by prominent veterans' groups, including the American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars, earlier this month when they voiced opposition to Obama's proposal to repeal "don't ask, don't tell." Defense Secretary Robert Gates has appointed a task force to study how the military would implement a repeal of "don't ask, don't tell" policy that bars gays from serving in the military. And during congressional testimony in early February, Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Adm. Mike Mullen said allowing gays to serve openly in the military was the "right thing to do." The Government Accountability Office has reported that the cost of discharging and replacing service members who were discharged because of their sexual orientation during the policy's first 10 years was at least $190 million, though an independent University of California Blue Ribbon Commission estimated that figure was much higher. Veterans are divided over the issue. Shortly after Obama was elected, more than 100 retired military leaders signed a statement supporting a change in the law. A new poll released on Thursday by the left-leaning think tank Center for American Progress shows that a majority of American voters are in favor of allowing gays to serve openly in the military: 54 percent of those surveyed support repealing "don't ask, don't tell," while 35 percent are opposed to overturning the ban. Tony Perkins, president of the Christian organization Family Research Council, said at the conference that the poll reflected the public's lack of understanding on the realities of military life. Also on Thursday during CPAC, Liz Cheney, daughter of former Vice President Dick Cheney, said she supports a repeal of "don't ask, don't tell" as does her father. Cheney's sister, Mary, is a lesbian. Directory: files files -> Answer True False 2 points Question 2 files -> Integer programming and game theory files -> 4 Integer Programming files -> Bpa vehicle Window Repair Scenario #1 task: Procure vehicle window relacement. Objective files -> Pop Warner History files -> North Carolina Inclusion Initiative Mapping Where Children with ieps are Being Served Purpose files -> Fall 2013 Spring 2014 Program Data: Standard 1 Exhibit 4d files -> Hanban – asia society confucius classrooms network 2010 request for proposal files -> Northern England’s set-jetting locations Download 0.56 Mb. 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