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发帖数: 901 | 1 WASHINGTON – Defense Secretary Robert Gates on Thursday reassured U.S.
warfighters in Iraq that allowing gays to serve openly in the military will
have little impact on the armed forces, an argument largely echoed by the
top leaders of the Army, Air Force, Marines and Navy.
Visiting troops at Camp Liberty in Baghdad, Gates was asked when repeal of
the 17-year-old policy commonly known as "don't ask, don't tell" would occur
and what its effect would be.
"My guess is you won't see much change at all because the whole thrust of
the training is you're supposed to go on treating everybody like you're
supposed to be treating everybody now, with dignity, respect and discipline,
" Gates told the troops. "And the same kind of military discipline that
applies to — and regulations that apply to heterosexual relationships —
will apply in terms of homosexual relationships."
In Washington, leaders from the four services testified before the House
Armed Services Committee on the implementation of the new policy. Several
expressed reservations last December when a divided Congress voted to repeal
the law and President Barack Obama signed the legislation. |
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