Mullen: Marines will comply with 'don't ask, don't tell' repealBy the CNN Wire Staff

[jefferson_dem]

Mullen: Marines will comply with 'don't ask, don't tell' repealBy the CNN Wire Staff

Washington (CNN) -- The head of the U.S. Marine Corps will fully cooperate with a repeal of the "don't ask, don't tell" policy barring openly gay and lesbian soldiers from the military, Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Adm. Mike Mullen said Sunday.

In an interview on CNN's "State of the Union," Mullen said there was "no question" that Marine Commandant Gen. James Amos, an opponent of repealing the "don't ask, don't tell" policy at this time, would implement all necessary changes to allow openly gay Marines to serve if Congress passes a repeal measure.

"He said, 'If this law changes, we are going to implement it and we are going to implement it better than anyone else,' " Mullen said of Amos.

The U.S. Senate is expected to vote on repealing the policy in coming weeks. The House already has passed a repeal measure, and President Barack Obama says he supports repeal under a process worked out with Mullen and Defense Secretary Robert Gates that includes a review of what the change would entail for the military.

The review is due December 1.

A federal judge has ruled the policy unconstitutional, and the case has been appealed to the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in California.

http://www.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/11/21/mullen.marines.dadt/index.html

[saigon68]

1. They WILL comply

A lot of generals and other thugs left the military when Truman had the "AUDACITY" to desegregate the military in 1947.

Imagine allowing a Black Man to share the same Foxhole </sarcasm>

[alcibiades_mystery]

2. Oh, well thank you very much

It's nice that the Marine Corps feels free to announce that they will comply with the fucking law.

:wow:

[Moosepoop]

6. Actually, the Marine Corps didn't.

Two weeks ago, the Commandant of the Marine Corps went public with his "concerns" about the repeal:

"This is not a social thing. This is combat effectiveness," Amos said Saturday.

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"There is nothing more intimate than young men and young women — and when you talk of infantry, we're talking our young men — laying out, sleeping alongside of one another and sharing death, fear and loss of brothers," Amos said Saturday. "I don't know what the effect of that will be on cohesion. I mean, that's what we're looking at. It's unit cohesion, it's combat effectiveness."

http://www.armytimes.com/news/2010/11/ap-mullen-amos-dont-ask-dont-tell-110810/

Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Admiral Mullen wasn't too happy with that little declaration.
We now have MULLEN publicly stating that the Marines WILL comply, period. It's a public comeuppance for Commandant Amos, though probably nothing compared to what may he may have encountered behind the scenes.

I say, good for Mullen! :patriot:

[xchrom]

3. um -- er -- well -- gen amos -- it's not a choice.

'comply' or buh-bye. if it becomes the law.

[Historic NY]

4. Aye aye , sir.

[LiberalFighter]

5. Just ID every soldier a gay or lesbian. Then let them figure it out.