ROTC To Return to Ivy League Schools

Harvard Puts Lie To Kagans DADT Claims
From CNN: Harvard, Yale open up to ROTC plans after ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ vote December 21, 2010 (CNN) — The presidents of Harvard and Yale universities have expressed interest in ROTC programs after Congress voted to Repeal the Military’s Controversial "don’t ask, don’t tell" policy that has banned Openly Gay and Lesbian service members. The universities’ statements come five months after Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan, t...

Harvard, Yale open up to ROTC plans after 'don't ask, don't tell' vote
Source: CNN The presidents of Harvard and Yale universities have expressed interest in ROTC programs after Congress voted to Repeal the Military's Controversial "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy that has banned Openly Gay and Lesbian service members. The universities' statements come five months after Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan, then a Supreme Court nominee, came under criticism by Republican senators who complained that she actively tried to block military recruiters from Harvard Law School...

The FCCs 2010 Hollywood Blockbuster Extravaganza
(The following is re-posted by permission from Info Tech and Telecom News. IT&T News is a project of the Heartland Institute.) By Bruce Walker An epic of Hollywood proportions has been playing out in Washington DC this year, with the climax due next week when the Federal Communications Commission convenes for its final 2010 monthly meeting. This epic traverses several cinematic genres and includes equal parts spaghetti Western, horror, Science Fiction, political intrigue, courtroom drama,...

Obama signs DADT repeal before big, emotional crowd
President Obama signed the landmark Repeal of the Military's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy Wednesday morning, handing a major victory to advocates of Gay Rights and fulfilling a campaign promise to do away with a practice that he has called discriminatory. This Story Obama signs DADT Repeal before big, emotional crowd Federal Eye: Tweet your thoughts : Don't Ask, Don't Tell: Obama signs Repeal of historic bill West Wing Briefing: Bill Clinton content to cheer Obama on The history o...

On the Radar: Koreas tension, 'don't ask' repealed, rain causing SoCal emergency
Concern on Korean Peninsula - Tensions rippled across the Korean Peninsula as South Korea geared up for its largest land and air winter drills Wednesday. The maneuvers, which are planned for Thursday, are being choreographed in the shadow of the South's reclusive, tough-talking Communist neighbor. (Above: South Korean Marines patrol on the island of Yeonpyeong near disputed waters of the Yellow Sea on Wednesday.) The South Korean army said Wednesday that the long-planned live-fire drills wi...

Schools lift ROTC ban after don't ask vote
Published: Dec. 21, 2010 at 8:13 AM Cambridge, Mass., Dec. 21 (UPI) -- Two Ivy League schools say they'll welcome back the ROTC program now that the U.S. Congress repealed a ban on gays and Lesbians openly serving in the Military. The decision to reinstate the Reserve Officers' Training Corps ends a 40-year standoff between Harvard University and the Armed Forces that began over the Vietnam War and remained as university administrators, faculty and Students objected to the military's "don't ask,...

Obama Signs DADT Repeal
President Barack Obama on Wednesday signed into law a Repeal of the Military's 17-year-old policy banning Openly Gay service members. Not a Subscriber? To continue reading, sign up for a free trial. Heard on the Hill: Who’s the Flake-Out? Signs caution reporters from walking in front of TV cameras as House Republican leaders speak about earmark reform during a news conference in the Capitol Visitor Center on April 22. Featuring more than 80 pages of analysis, this essential issue provide...

Bring ROTC back to the Ivy League
Suppose we here in the Northeast, citing the foibles and earthy prejudices of the gnarly red-clay heartlanders, decided not to send ours to Congress or the Supreme Court or any court until they became more refined, like us. Congress might then consist of senators exclusively from Baylor and Southern Methodist and the Supreme Court of justices from Liberty University and the Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary. That is what we have done with the refusal to allow ROTC to recruit on Ivy Lea...

President signs bill to repeal military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy
President Barack Obama has signed a bill that will lead to the Repeal of the "don't ask, don't tell" policy banning gay and Lesbian service members from openly serving in the U.S. Military. Click here to cancel reply. “This Just In” is CNN's news blog. This is where you will find the latest news and information from CNN’s correspondents and sources around the world. We’ll cover fresh stories big and small - stories that are breaking, develo...

Harvards disingenuous Solomon Amendment statement.
With the Repeal of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell almost certain now to be passed into law*, there has been some discussion of one thing that Conservatives and Republicans will absolutely require to have happen: to wit, the ending of the Ivy League’s continuing campaign against the Military by forbidding ROTC programs on their campuses.  Said campaign absolutely flaunts the intent of Congress (as per the ‘Solomon Amendment’), but has been generally tacitly tolerated by th...

Harvards disingenuous Solomon Amendment statement.
With the Repeal of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell almost certain now to be passed into law*, there has been some discussion of one thing that Conservatives and Republicans will absolutely require to have happen: to wit, the ending of the Ivy League’s continuing campaign against the Military by forbidding ROTC programs on their campuses.  Said campaign absolutely flaunts the intent of Congress (as per the ‘Solomon Amendment’), but has been generally tacitly tolerated by th...

Gov. McDonnell Says No Way To New DADT For Va. National Guard
A state lawmaker from Virginia is so upset about the Congress repealing Don't Ask, Don't Tell that he wants to institute a mini-DADT banning gay men and Lesbians from the Virginia National Guard. "It's a distraction when I'm on the battlefield and have to concentrate on the enemy 600 yards away and I'm worried about this guy whose got eyes on me," the lawmaker, Delegate Bob Marshall (R), told WUSA9. "If I needed a Blood Transfusion and the guy next to me had committed Sodomy 14 times in the l...

Obama Signs Law Ending Military Gay Ban
President Obama signed into law a Repeal of the Military's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy Wednesday, fulfilling a campaign promise and marking a historic step forward for Gay Rights. More Video ...

Obama Ends Military Gay Ban
President Obama signed into law a Repeal of the Military's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy Wednesday, fulfilling a campaign promise and marking a historic step forward for Gay Rights. More Video ...

Dont Ask, Dont Tell Repeal: Welcome to the Brave New Military
Barney Frank agrees with a Pentagon assessment that with the Repeal of ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,’ there should be no distinctions between gay and straight service members, that indeed, they should be forced shower together.  But at the same time Conressman Frank and the Pentagon also say that members of the opposite sex should NOT shower together.  What gives? Having been told that Sexuality or sexual preference is not the issue,  why this inconsistency? Gays...

Obama Signs Repeal of 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' Into Law
Amid applause, cries of thanks and chants of "Yes we can!," President Obama on Wednesday repealed the U.S. Military's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy, which had banned gay service members from serving openly in the armed services. Proclaiming that the policy "will strengthen our National Security," the president vowed that "no longer will tens of thousands of Americans in uniform be asked to live a lie. Or look over their shoulders in order to serve the country they love." Paraphrasing Joint Chi...

Obama Signs Repeal Of Dont Ask, Dont Tell Policy
WASHINGTON (AP) - Declaring that members of the Military will no longer be asked to lie, President Barack Obama fulfilled a campaign promise Wednesday and signed a landmark law repealing the ban on gay men and women serving openly in the armed services. “This is a good day,” a beaming Obama said. “This is a very good day.” The new law ends the 17-year-old “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy that forced gays to hide their Sexual Orientation or face ...

President Obama Signs Repeal Of Dont Ask Dont Tell
Keeping another campaign promise, President Obama signed into law the bill that Repeals the Military policy that resulted in firing of 14,000 men and women. The law “will strengthen our National Security and uphold the ideals our fighting men and women defend,” Obama told a cheering crowd of gay and Lesbian service members and their supporters in Washington. “No longer will thousands of men and women in uniform be asked to live a lie or look over their shoulder while serving ...

Obama signs 'don't ask' repeal
President Barack Obama on Wednesday signed Legislation ending the 17-year ban on Gays in the Military, declaring that Sexual Orientation can no longer determine who is allowed to serve in uniform. "For we are not a nation that says, 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell,' " Obama told 500 guests at a packed signing ceremony at the Interior Department. “We are a nation that says, ‘Out of many, we are one.’ ” Continue Reading Text Size - + reset Politico 44 As they applauded...

Obama Signs Repeal of DADT
WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama says valor and sacrifice in the Armed Forces are no longer defined by Sexual Orientation. Obama spoke Wednesday morning at the Interior Department as he prepared to sign a landmark law ordering America's armed services to let Homosexuals serve openly for the first time. Surrounded by senior Military officials and members of Congress, Obama said he is proud to sign the bill, which he says will strengthen National Security. The change won't be immediate, however...

Obama signs 'don't ask, don't tell' repeal
(12-22) 07:38 PST WASHINGTON (AP) -- Declaring that members of the Military will no longer be asked to lie, President Barack Obama fulfilled a campaign promise Wednesday and signed a landmark law repealing the ban on gay men and women serving openly in the armed services. "This is a good day," a beaming Obama said. "This is a very good day." The new law ends the 17-year-old "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy that forced gays to hide their Sexual Orientation or face dismissal. Its Repeal comes as p...

Obama signs 'don't ask, don't tell' repeal
(12-22) 06:50 PST WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama says valor and sacrifice in the Armed Forces are no longer defined by Sexual Orientation. Obama spoke Wednesday morning at the Interior Department, where he signed a landmark law ordering America's armed services to let gay men and women serve openly for the first time. Surrounded by senior Military officials and members of Congress, Obama said he is proud to sign the bill, which he says will strengthen National Security. The change w...

And That Is Finally Over
Good to have this finally behind us: The Military’s longstanding ban on service by gays and Lesbians came to a historic and symbolic end on Wednesday, as President Obama signed Legislation repealing “don’t ask, don’t tell,” the contentious 17-year old Clinton-era law that sought to allow gays to serve under the terms of an uneasy Compromise that required them to keep their Sexuality a secret. “No longer will tens of thousands of Americans in uniform be asked...

Senate approves defense bill, sends it to House
Source: The Boston Globe WASHINGTON—The Senate passed Legislation on Wednesday that authorizes the Pentagon to spend nearly $160 billion on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan this Budget year without major restrictions on the conduct of operations. The voice vote on the defense authorization bill came after House and Senate Democrats agreed to strip several provisions, including one that would have allowed gays to serve openly in the Military. "The Controversial aspects of this Legislation have be...

After 4 decades, Harvard opens door to ROTC
Harvard University will welcome ROTC back to campus now that Congress has repealed a ban on gays and Lesbians serving openly in the Military, university president Drew Faust said. The move will end a four-decade standoff between one of the nation’s most prestigious universities and its Armed Forces. The tension began over the Vietnam War and continued in recent years as university administrators, faculty, and Students objected to what they saw as Discrimination against gays and lesbians. ...