What total nonsense. do you actually even think about what you are
braying about?
On 09/22/2010 01:55 PM, Tommy News wrote:
*Reblocklicans put troops in harms way with fillibuster of Defense
Authorization Bill and Don't Ask Don't Tell repeal*
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*What Was Lost in the Defense Bill Filibuster*
<http://washingtonindependent.com/98235/what-was-lost-in-the-defense-bill-filibuster>
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By *Elise Foley* <http://washingtonindependent.com/author/efoley/>
9/22/10 9:18 AM
Most of the stories about the Republican *filibuster yesterday of the
defense authorization bill*
<http://washingtonindependent.com/98206/dream-act-and-dont-ask-dont-tell-repeal-derail-defense-bill-vote>
have focused on two amendments it squashed: a repeal of Don’t Ask,
Don’t Tell and a planned addition of the *DREAM Act*
<http://washingtonindependent.com/97658/dream-act-refresher>, which
would provide legal status to some young people in exchange for
military service or school.
But Mother Jones *points out*
<http://motherjones.com/mojo/2010/09/what-else-in-dadt-bill-repeal-senate-defense-act-lgbt>,
the defense authorization bill has about 3,500 other provisions — many
of them important changes to the agenda for the Department of Defense.
It’s worth reading the full list, but here are a few notable provisions:
*Revamping US Military and Foreign Policy*
* No permanent military bases in Afghanistan.
* Report on long-term costs of Operation Iraqi Freedom and
Operation Enduring Freedom.
* National Military Strategic Plan to Counter Iran.
*Anti-Corruption*
* Standards and certification for private security contractors.
* Inclusion of bribery in disclosure requirements of the
Federal awardee performance and integrity information system.
*Environmental Progress*
* Report identifying hybrid or electric propulsion systems and
other fuel-saving technologies for incorporation into
tactical motor vehicles.
Senators said they will have to eventually pass the bill — it just may
be in a lame duck session. The Senate has passed a defense
authorization bill for the past 48 years.
“We have to proceed to consider the defense authorization bill,
because our military needs it,” Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) said
yesterday. “We need it for authorization of critical military
equipment for our troops to fight on our behalf. … We’ve got to take
this bill up, it’s our national responsibility.”
It’s unlikely Harry Reid would again attempt to attach the DREAM Act
to the bill, but the Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell amendment will be an issue
in the future. It was added by the Senate Armed Services Committee and
is already a part of the defense authorization bill.
That does not mean the repeal would kill the bill in the future,
though. Under different debate rules, Republicans could offer an
amendment striking the repeal from the defense authorization bill. And
it could find additional support: Some Republicans, such as Sen. Susan
Collins (R-Maine) *have said they would vote in support*
<http://washingtonindependent.com/98131/collins-snowe-hesitate-to-support-reids-plan-for-dream-act-and-dont-ask-dont-tell>
of the repeal, even though they voted to filibuster the bill moving to
the Senate floor yesterday.
More:
http://washingtonindependent.com/98235/what-was-lost-in-the-defense-bill-filibuster
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