obama back repeal of controversial lawWhite House, Palm Center, and Log Cabin Republicans Cry ?Foul? on DOJ Brief about Don't Ask, Don't Tell Yesterday, White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said it was 'odd' that the Department of Justice defended a brief using quotes from Gen. Colin Powell?s 1993 testimony about don?t ask, don?t tell, as Powell has since publicly changed his perspective. The same brief, filed last week by Assistant Attorney General Tony West, also mischaracterized the statements of two expert witnesses, Dr. Aaron Belkin and Dr. Nathaniel Frank representing the Palm Center, a think tank at the University of California, Santa Barbara which conducts research about gay military service in the U.S. and abroad. (PRWeb April 08, 2010) Read the full story at full story
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