Don't Ask Don't Tell

McCain On DADT Repeal: 'I Will Not Agree To Have This Bill Go Forward'

Rachel Slajda | December 3, 2010, 2:11PM

Sen. John McCan (R-AZ)

At the end of the today's hearings on Don't Ask, Don't Tell, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) announced that he will still block the National Defense Authorization Act if it includes a repeal of the policy.

"I will not agree to have this bill go forward," he said. "Because our economy is in the tank."

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Don't Ask Don't Tell

Service Chiefs: Pro- Or Anti-Repeal, They Say The Military Can Do It

Rachel Slajda | December 3, 2010, 11:36AM

Chief of Staff of the Army Gen. George Casey, Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Gary Roughead, and vice chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff Marine Gen. James E. Cartwright

The day after Defense Secretary Robert Gates and Joint Chiefs Chairman Adm. Michael Mullen again called for Congress to repeal Don't Ask, Don't Tell, the joint chiefs themselves testified on Capitol Hill and, as promised, were "less sanguine" about repeal than their bosses.

But whether for or against repeal, they all said their branch could and would implement it.

"At the end of the day, we are Marines," said Gen. James Amos, the commandant of the Marine Corps, in his testimony before the Senate Armed Services Committee. "Should Congress change the law, then our nation's Marine Corps will faithfully support the law."

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