“don’t tell” on The Daily Caller

Despite the legislative repeal of the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy in the military in last year’s lame-duck session, the Obama administration is still keeping gays and lesbians at bay. Today, Michelle Obama and Jill Biden mark the beginning of their initiative supporting military families and will speak at a gathering at the White House. (more)

Al Cardenas, the new chairman of the American Conservative Union (ACU), announced on CSPAN Wednesday that his organization, which hosts the annual CPAC event, will now vet organizations before allowing them to participate. (more)

Back during the 2008 presidential campaign, the idea of allowing gay marriage was one neither Barack Obama nor Joe Biden was willing to embrace. Biden even specifically said he did not support doing anything on the civil side to change the definition of marriage during the 2008 vice-presidential debate. (more)

It’s not exactly the most politically correct position to take on the recent repeal of the “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy, but conservative pundit and author Ann Coulter didn’t shy away from voicing it. (more)

One of Pres. Obama’s biggest supporters in the Senate in the past week is not even a member of his own party: Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska). (more)

Not everyone is thrilled about the prospects of the post-“don’t ask, don’t tell” era of the U.S. military. (more)

A standalone bill to repeal the military’s “Don’t ask, don’t tell” policy appears to have the votes to make its way through Congress, a top House Democrat suggested Tuesday. (more)

A stand-alone bill to repeal the military’s ban on gays serving openly will be introduced to the House Tuesday at noon, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer announced this morning. (more)

The Senate postponed a vote on the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” repeal after Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine), the chief GOP negotiator, asked for a delay. (more)

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) said he plans to bring up the 2011 defense authorization bill for debate as early as Wednesday. (more)

President Obama hastily scheduled an afternoon press conference at the White House Tuesday, seeking to head off growing anger in his own party over compromises to Republicans in a tax cut deal announced Monday. (more)

MUSCAT, Oman (AP) — Defense Secretary Robert Gates is predicting the “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy on gays in the armed forces will be around for a while longer. (more)

Senator Scott Brown, Republican of Massachusetts, said on Friday that he now supported the repeal of the military’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy regarding gay soldiers, after a Pentagon report this week concluded that allowing gay men and lesbians to serve openly would not pose risks to the battle readiness of troops. (more)

Sen. John McCain (Ariz.) on Thursday urged Congress to take time to scrutinize a 10-month Pentagon study on the implications of repealing the “Don’t ask, don’t tell” policy, calling it “premature” to rush through legislation scrapping the ban on openly gay people serving in the military. (more)

Tuesday’s release of the military’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” report—which, as expected, reported the majority of troops are OK with gays openly serving along side of them—puts moderate Republicans in a vise. (more)

Whatever it is, Senate Republicans won’t vote for it until the Bush tax cuts are extended and legislation that funds the government into the next year is passed. (more)

Secretary of Defense Robert Gates today urged the Senate to vote to repeal the “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy that prohibits gays from openly serving in the military, saying if a repeal occurs, it is essential that it come in the form of legislation, rather than from a court order. (more)

It’s been a long time since I was required to shower among 40 or so friends, acquaintances, and virtual strangers, or not do so at all — a socially unacceptable option.  Forty-two years after the fact, I no longer have a clear recollection of the experience, so it must not have made much of an impression on me.  I’m certain I would have vivid memories of the experience if my shower-mates had been potential sexual partners. (more)

Signaling the growing seriousness of the Obama administration’s commitment this year to ending the military’s ban on gays serving openly in the armed forces, the Defense Department said Sunday that it will release a long-awaited report on the matter earlier than planned because senators are eager to vote on whether to repeal the policy. (more)

The senator at the center of the legislative tug of war over a vote on the repeal of “don’t ask, don’t tell” said Tuesday the strategy on how it could be considered is “up in the air,” according to a spokeswoman. (more)