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Bluebear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-31-10 01:01 AM
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DISGRACEFUL: Defense Secretary Robert Gates Tells Troops Not To Worry About DADT Repeal
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Edited on Mon May-31-10 01:08 AM by Bluebear
Regarding "homosexuality in the military:...unit cohesion, recruitment, all the old buzzwords in play.

Video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZ83Gs6rETo&feature=player_embedded

In a videotaped Memorial Day message to the nation's soldiers, Defense Secretary Robert Gates urges his audience not to to "become distracted" over the possible repeal of DADT. Gates then asks that active duty soldiers participate in the repeal study so that "changes can be done right."

http://www.joemygod.blogspot.com/

As one YouTube visitor commented:

"Let us know how to do this right." - - - How many times in the history of any military has the leader asked the lower rung folks how to do anything right? Shameful and embarrassing.
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