President Obama’s speech at the HRC fundraiser on Saturday evening, October 10th was met with much cheering, applause and standing ovations, especially after his statement that “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” WILL be repealed. The discharges, however, continue at the rate of TWO PER DAY.
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Rachel Maddow interviewed Lt. Col. Victor Fehrenbach, a decorated U.S. Air Force fighter pilot who received notice last September that he was being discharged due to the military’s Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell policy. Fehrenbach served in both the Iraq and Afghanistan theaters, was just two years away from retiring with a full pension, and estimates that the U.S. military spent roughly $25 million training him. When he received word of his discharge, Fehrenbach decided to fight, hoping that, if elected, Obama would quickly change the policy.
http://thinkprogress.org/2009/05/20/pilot-dadt-discharge-obama/
Lets just hope that he does. It doesn’t matter who you are, if you serve, you should be respected, not discriminated against.
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