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Some history in the making in 2010 (with a few steps yet to go on DADT). Via the comm team’s Jesse Lee on the WH blog:
At the signing of the bill to repeal of “Don’t Ask Don’t Tell” last week, the sense of history and enthusiasm was palpable throughout the audience. While we were there we had a chance to talk to Captain Jonathan Hopkins, who was discharged under the policy, as well as Rep. Patrick Murphy who led the charge in the House of Representatives, and Melody Barnes who played an integral role here at the White House. The video gives a glimpse of what it was like there:
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Oh fine!Late finding will peruse later. Would love stories from everyone there!
Am I the only one who has mixed feelings about this?I don’t want queer people to be investigated and hounded out of the military, but on the other hand I don’t want queer youth to join the military and fight in places like Iraq and Afghanistan, where the U.S. should never have gone. To the extent that “Don’t ask don’t tell” discouraged queer youth from signing up, it seems like it wasn’t such a bad thing.