Digging Into DADT Details (UPDATED)

[Ian David]

Digging Into DADT Details (UPDATED)
With support from Nebraska's Nelson, Senate committee pulls closer to DADT repeal amendment; Webb remains uncommitted

by Chris Geidner
Published on May 26, 2010, 10:08am

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''I am very confident that after the results of this study group, they will act quickly to certify repeal,'' Murphy, who has been leading repeal efforts in the House for the past year, said. ''I am very confident that with the testimony of that it has been very clear … that they are in favor of repeal. Hence, 'when' and not 'if.'''

Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) echoed Murphy's remarks, telling Metro Weekly bluntly, ''There is no chance that the Pentagon will withhold certification.''

Saying he was ''proud of being part of the group'' working to push for repeal language to be included in this year's NDAA, Frank added, ''People complaining about Congress were wrong.''

Although Murphy and Frank's confidence will not alleviate the certification concerns for everyone – and although it will remain a question into next week and beyond if the amendment moves toward adoption – the more immediate question comes from the Senate, where a majority of the Senate Armed Services Committee's 28 members only expressed support for the amendment this morning, May 26, in the hours before the committee was to consider the NDAA.

More:
http://www.metroweekly.com/news/?ak=5229

Hat-tip to: http://twitter.com/txvoodoo/status/14791298317

[Pirate Smile]

1. I thought Webb said he was a NO already.

[tishaLA]

2. Somehow Tweety had Webb on and managed a question about Blumenthal

but didn't get around to asking him about DADT. To his credit, though, Tweety did read a powerful letter from a gay soldier serving in Afghanistan.

[pinto]

3. Just a reminder. These are the players in the Senate's first legislative step -

Senate Armed Services Committee-

DEMOCRATS

Carl Levin (Michigan)
Chairman

Robert C. Byrd (West Virginia)
Joseph I. Lieberman (Connecticut)
Jack Reed (Rhode Island)
Daniel K. Akaka (Hawaii)
Bill Nelson (Florida)
Ben Nelson (Nebraska)
Evan Bayh (Indiana)
Jim Webb (Virginia)
Claire McCaskill (Missouri)
Mark Udall (Colorado)
Kay R. Hagan (North Carolina)
Mark Begich (Alaska)
Roland W. Burris (Illinois)
Jeff Bingaman (New Mexico)
Edward E. Kaufman (Delaware)

REPUBLICANS
John McCain (Arizona)
Ranking Member

James M. Inhofe (Oklahoma)
Jeff Sessions (Alabama)
Saxby Chambliss (Georgia)
Lindsey Graham (South Carolina)
John Thune (South Dakota)
Roger F. Wicker (Mississippi)
George S. LeMieux (Florida)
Scott Brown (Massachusetts)
Richard Burr (North Carolina)
David Vitter (Louisiana)
Susan M. Collins (Maine)

:kick:

[Bluenorthwest]

4. If Webb votes no, his gun toting stubby little self is finished

He can go back to writing questionable prose. Except he will go unpublished. His name will be trashed daily. His stubby little red faced self will be drummed out of civil society, like Kazan.