Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel shakes hands with Valerie Jarrett, senior advisor to President Barack Obama, after introducing her at a Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Pride Month event at the Pentagon, June 25, 2013. DOD photo by Erin A. Kirk-Cuomo
Pentagon Celebrates Gay Troops -- Washington Times
The Pentagon on Tuesday toasted gays in the military, with a top adviser to President Obama declaring the country is “safer” now that homosexuals may serve openly.
“Because we repealed ‘don’t ask, don’t tell,’ our military … is stronger and our country is safer, more equal and more just,” said Valerie Jarrett, the keynote speaker at the Pentagon’s gay pride celebration.
It was the Defense Department second annual gay pride gathering since September 2011, when Mr. Obama signed the repeal of “don’t ask, don’t tell,” a ban on gays serving openly in the military implemented during the Clinton administration.
This year’s 35-minute event in the Pentagon auditorium was more low-key and shorter than last year’s pride event, which featured a gay Marine officer, an Air Force lawyer and a lesbian West Point graduate.
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My Comment: I would wager that for most soldiers this issue is waaayyyy down on the bottom of issues that concerns them. But for official Washington this IS the issue. Talk about a disconnect .... or am I the one who is divorced from this new reality?
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