DADT fails in the Senate: Open Thread
So Reid brought DADT (as part of the Defense Authorization Bill) to a vote. It failed to 57-40 (or rather, it won 57-40 but the filibuster had its way in the end). Now Lieberman...
Tagged: Don’t Ask Don’t Tell
DADT and Legislating from the White House
Image via Wikipedia Confession: At first I was sort of conflicted about Adam Serwer’s suggestion that the president repeal DADT by executive order. Obviously I recognize that the military’s policy of discriminating against its...
Data & Don’t ask don’t tell
Mary Eberstadt has an excellent article in Policy Review on the difficulties faced by military mothers and their children. Some of the statistics she cites are especially notable: Around 40% of women on active...
