CMR E-Notes

CMR Blogs on NY Times; Gays Cry Foul on Obama Website...

CMR President Elaine Donnelly contributed to the New York Times' "Room for Debate" blog/op-ed section yesterday on the topic of gays in the military. Her submission appeared along with those of eight others here... Read More

05 May 09

Puerile Prattlers for Gays in the Military

Miss California Carrie Prejean is not the only patriotic, principled American public figure to come under attack from activists for the homosexual agenda. Read More

28 Apr 09

Barney Frank's Sidestep Strategy

An article published in the Capitol Hill newspaper Roll Call last Thursday indicated that the combined voices of more than 1,000 retired Flag & General Officers for the Military are being heard. The article, titled "Frank: Democrats Punting on 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' Until 2010"... Read More

28 Apr 09

Parsing Colin Powell

Listening to retired Army General Colin Powell, former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, it is difficult to figure out where the knowledge and experience of the general leaves off and personal political correctness begins. Witness the self-contradictory interview that Gen. Powell recently... Read More

13 Apr 09

Major Media Miss AP Report on Flag & General Officers for...

On March 31 David Crary of the Associated Press covered the release of the Flag & General Officers for the Military statement in support of Section 654, Title 10, the law regarding homosexuals in the military. Read More

09 Apr 09

SLDN Calls Names, Can't Count

On Tuesday, 1050 retired general and flag officers presented a statement to the White House, Congress and the Pentagon expressing their strong support for Section 654, Title 10, U. S. Code, the law making homosexuals ineligible for military service. This distinguished group of... Read More

04 Apr 09

Appointees, Activists, and Priorities

The Gay and Lesbian Leadership Institute's "Presidential Leadership Project" is boasting of 20 appointments that have influence in the Obama Administration, including Mark Pierriello, the Director of Priority Placement, Presidential Personnel. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates will... Read More

13 Mar 09

Commandeering the Commanders?

This article in the San Francisco Chronicle, titled "Tauscher Renews Effort to Repeal 'Don't Ask,'" reports on the plans of the San Francisco-area congresswoman, including this: "She also suggested that because the Pentagon is enforcing an act of Congress, Obama order the Pentagon... Read More

12 Mar 09

Congress Will Defeat Tauscher Bill for Gays in the Military

On March 3 Rep. Ellen Tauscher (D-CA) re-introduced legislation (H.R. 1283) to repeal the 1993 law, Section 654, Title 10 , which is commonly mislabeled "Don't Ask, Don't Tell." In response, CMR President Elaine Donnelly issued a news release confidently predicting that efforts by liberals... Read More

11 Mar 09

Transgenders in the Military and the Tauscher Repeal Bill

This McLatchy-Tribune newspaper report, titled "Transgender Vets a Hidden Population," highlights the next frontier for cultural change in the military. In Britain, the Office of the Minister of Defence meets with LGBT Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender groups on a... Read More

10 Mar 09