{"id":384118,"date":"2010-03-03T12:11:30","date_gmt":"2010-03-03T17:11:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/washingtonindependent.com\/?p=78205"},"modified":"2010-03-03T12:11:30","modified_gmt":"2010-03-03T17:11:30","slug":"lieberman-pushes-dadt-repeal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/384118","title":{"rendered":"Lieberman Pushes DADT Repeal"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) introduces his bill to repeal “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” today. As I write, he’s giving a presser that (alas) I was unable to attend. But via Jen DiMascio at Politico<\/a>, Defense Secretary Robert Gates issued instructions for his information-gathering team — Pentagon General Counsel Jeh Johnson and U.S. Army-Europe chief Lt. Gen. Carter Ham — about what criteria they should study to recommend a repeal of the ban on open gay military service:<\/span><\/p>\n

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Determine any impacts to military readiness, military effectiveness and unit cohesion, recruiting\/retention, and family readiness that may result from repeal ofthe law and recommend any actions that should be taken in light of such impacts.<\/p>\n

Determine leadership, guidance, and training on standards of conduct and new policies.<\/p>\n

Determine appropriate changes to existing policies and regulations, including but not limited to issues regarding personnel management, leadership and training, facilities, investigations, and benefits.<\/p>\n

Recommend appropriate changes (if any) to the Uniform Code of Military Justice.<\/p>\n

Monitor and evaluate existing legislative proposals to repeal 10 U.S.C \u00a7 654 and proposals that may be introduced in the Congress during the period of the review.<\/p>\n

Assure appropriate ways to monitor the workforce climate and military effectiveness that support successful follow-through on implementation.<\/p>\n

Evaluate the issues raised in ongoing litigation involving 10 U.S.C \u00a7 654.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

So far, Gen. James Conway, the commandant of the Marine Corps, has been the only military service chief to oppose the repeal<\/a>. Gates’ first criterion speaks to Conway’s concerns.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) introduces his bill to repeal “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” today. As I write, he’s giving a presser that (alas) I was unable to attend. But via Jen DiMascio at Politico, Defense Secretary Robert Gates issued instructions for his information-gathering team — Pentagon General Counsel Jeh Johnson and U.S. Army-Europe chief Lt. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4314,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-384118","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/384118","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4314"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=384118"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/384118\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=384118"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=384118"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=384118"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}