First, Ellen Tauscher can no longer head the Congressional repeal effort, mainly because the new Undersecretary of State for Arms Control and International Security will very soon no longer be in Congress. MREA will be lacking leadership, at least for a few seconds. Congressional momentum is effectively stalled.
Second, SecDef Gates has confirmed the Obama administration intent of keeping DADT on the back-burner. Executive momentum: also stalled.
Analysis: DADT is not getting repealed anytime soon, for reals this time. Though, as I've said in previous blogs, this should not be surprising to anyone. Let's not be dramatic by wasting our time whining re: campaign "lies," and instead utilize this opportunity to grow our base.
I've got a longer anecdotal blog coming up. In the meantime, I invite you to check out new SU blogger Dylan Knapp and his blog An Army of Fun. When you're done with that, cruise through the rest of the SU blog-roll. We really have collected quite the phenomenal team, and I couldn't be prouder.
About Me
- Jarrod Chlapowski
- U.S. Army veteran, graduate of North Georgia Military College, Master's candidate of International Studies at the University of South Carolina, and co-founder of Servicemembers United, Jarrod has been stationed at the Defense Language Institute of the Presidio of Monterey, CA; Goodfellow AFB, TX; Camp Humphries, Republic of Korea; and Ft. Lewis, WA.
2 comments:
Thanks for the plug man! I really hope that the President is just trying to keep this issue off of the social conservative radar screen, so when he gets re-elected in 2012 he can whip it out and rub it in the GOP's face.
There's an image.
Shame that the issue has to wait so long, but I doubt that it's been totally abandoned.
Hi Jarrod
Just seen 'ask not' and wanted to say what a great film you guys have put together. My partner is in the USAF and I very much hope you guys will succeed in getting the ban lifted soon. Keep up the good work and keen to help!
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