DADT

16. October 2010 | 10:51

Judge Bars DADT Enforcement

U.S. district judge Virginia A. Phillips Tuesday ordered the Defense Department to immediately “suspend and discontinue any investigation, or discharge, separation, or other proceeding” related to “don’t ask, don’t tell.” (News Source: The Advocate - 23:36:09)

Howard Steven Friedman: Obama’s DADT Policy: Smoke, Mirrors and Cowardice

A federal court ruled this week that the enforcement of the Don’t Ask Don’t Tell (DADT) must be halted, a ruling that the Obama administration… (News Source: The Huffington Post - 21:59:25)

Govt. Appeals DADT Case

In a flurry of Thursday afternoon court action, the Department of Justice is attempting to block a federal judge’s injunction that would end “don’t ask, don’t tell” and has appealed the original lawsuit to a federal appeals court. (News Source: The Advocate - 20:21:10)

M.S. Bellows, Jr.: The White House’s Possible Strategy on DADT

It’s certainly possible that Barack Obama plans to appeal District Judge Virginia Phillips’ ruling holding Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell (”DADT”) unconstitutional. Doing so would be… (News Source: The Huffington Post - 21:59:25)

DADT Implications: Return of ROTC, Broadening the ‘Sliver’

DADT is going away sooner or later. When it does, it may have some surprising additional effects. (News Source: The Atlantic - 17:46:35)

Unit cohesion depends on keeping DADT

I offer my observations and opinions as a combat veteran who has retired from the military after 22 years of service for the continuance of DADT as is. (News Source: Technician - 04:37:35)

DADT struck down - for now

GLBT Free Expression Tunnel display draws support, some ire. The day after Monday’s National Coming Out Day, a federal court judge ordered an injunction on the military’s Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell policy. (News Source: Technician - 04:36:56)

‘De facto moratorium’ on DADT discharges, but commanders may not know

Two days after a federal judge in California issued an injunction, telling the U.S. military to “immediately… suspend and discontinue any investigation, or discharge, separation, or other proceeding, that may have been commenced under the ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’,” the Department of Defense still hasn’t told commanders in the field who handle the DADT investigations what to do. (News Source: CNN - 18:09:01)

Senators: Don’t Appeal DADT Ruling

Twenty-one U.S. senators sent a letter to Atty. Gen. Eric Holder Tuesday imploring him not to appeal a decision that found “don’t ask, don’t tell” to be unconstitutional. (News Source: The Advocate - 23:36:29)