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Republicans blowing up military’s plans for alternative energy; Democrats fighting back

By | 05.22.12 | 12:08 pm

The fight over America’s energy policy has a new battleground: the Department of Defense budget.

Number of military gays fired in 2009 dips to record low 443

By | 04.22.10 | 4:09 pm

That statistic comes to you from Servicemembers United, which opposes “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” and seeks its repeal. It’s lower than in previous years: There were 627 such discharges in 2007, for instance. From a Servicemembers United press release:…

Udall: DADT waste of time, energy, money

By | 03.03.10 | 1:29 pm

Sen. Mark Udall said he was moved to introduce legislation repealing the nation’s “Don’t Ask Don’t Tell” military policy banning gay service members from serving openly in part because the policy has wasted hundreds of millions of dollars over the past 17 years and negatively effected the lives of thousands Americans dedicated to their country.

Udall co-sponsors bill to repeal ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’

By | 03.03.10 | 12:00 pm

Colorado Democratic U.S. Sen. Mark Udall joined with Connecticut Independent Sen. Joe Lieberman and eleven co-sponsors to introduce legislation this morning to repeal the military’s “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy, which bans lesbian, gay and bisexual service members from…

Udall urges Pentagon to speed the repeal of “Don’t Ask; Don’t Tell”

By | 02.02.10 | 3:32 pm

In the wake of a Senate Armed Service Committee hearing today on the “Don’t Ask; Don’t Tell” military policy that forces gay service members to remain closeted, Colorado Democratic Sen. Mark Udall pressed for more urgent action to effect a repeal.