Tag: Pentagon
HRC Praises Pentagon’s Extension of Additional Benefits to Gay and Lesbian Service Members and Their Families
The Human Rights Campaign praised the Pentagon’s announcement that it would extend a slate of equal benefits to lesbian and gay service members and their families over the coming months.
Pentagon Vows to Extend Benefits to Gay Service Members, Families
In response to news that the Pentagon would be extending certain benefits to the spouses of gay and lesbian military personnel, Human Rights Campaign (HRC) President Chad Griffin issued the following statement:
House Votes to Defund DADT Training They’ve Never Seen
The U.S. House voted 236-184 this morning in favor of an amendment sponsored by Rep. Tim Huelskamp (R-KS) to the Defense Appropriations bill that bars the use of funds to implement training on the repeal of the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” law for chaplains.
P.J. Crowley resigns over Manning remark
State Department spokesman P.J. Crowley has resigned after publicly crossing swords with the Pentagon over the treatment of an Army soldier accused of leaking hundreds of thousands of classified military reports and sensitive diplomatic cables to WikiLeaks.
Most troops wouldn’t oppose serving with gays, survey finds
A majority of active-duty and reserve service members surveyed by the Defense Department would not object to serving and living alongside openly gay troops, according to multiple people familiar with the findings.