ClydeR
04-06-2011, 12:08 PM
On Friday, Rep. Joe Wilson (R-S.C.), chairman of the panel’s subcommittee on military personnel, called December’s vote “undemocratic” because “dozens of defeated Congress members adopted a law with significant consequence” during a lame-duck session that failed to pass a budget.
“It is now essential that the Congress ask some of the questions that were glossed over” last year, he said during a hearing with Pentagon officials regarding the training programs.
Other Republicans said Friday that they’ve heard from troops who will not reenlist because they disagree with ending the ban.
More... (http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/republicans-keeping-close-tabs-on-plans-to-end-dont-ask-dont-tell/2011/04/04/AFhK22fC_story.html)
Although I haven't kept a list, I'm pretty sure most of the Republican presidential candidates for 2012 have said they would reinstate Don't Ask Don't Tell if elected. The President has the power to reinstate Don't Ask Don't Tell, or its stricter predecessor policy, without the approval of Congress, and that's what most Republican candidates have promised to do.
“It is now essential that the Congress ask some of the questions that were glossed over” last year, he said during a hearing with Pentagon officials regarding the training programs.
Other Republicans said Friday that they’ve heard from troops who will not reenlist because they disagree with ending the ban.
More... (http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/republicans-keeping-close-tabs-on-plans-to-end-dont-ask-dont-tell/2011/04/04/AFhK22fC_story.html)
Although I haven't kept a list, I'm pretty sure most of the Republican presidential candidates for 2012 have said they would reinstate Don't Ask Don't Tell if elected. The President has the power to reinstate Don't Ask Don't Tell, or its stricter predecessor policy, without the approval of Congress, and that's what most Republican candidates have promised to do.