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发帖数: 4174 | 1 Posted on Advocate.com December 16, 2010
Three GOP Senators Back Repeal
By Michelle Garcia
LISA MURKOWSKI SCOTT BROWN OLYMPIA SNOWE X390 (GETTY) | ADVOCATE.COM
Republican senators Lisa Murkowski, Olympia Snowe, and Scott Brown have
announced they support the stand-alone bill to repeal "don't ask, don't tell
" which was introduced earlier this week by fellow Republican senator Susan
Collins of Maine and Connecticut independent senator Joseph Lieberman.
“Senator Brown accepts the Pentagon’s recommendation to repeal the policy
after proper preparations have been completed. If and when a clean repeal
bill comes up for a vote, he will support it,” said Gail Gitcho,
spokeswoman for the Massachusetts senator, according to ABC News.
Snowe, of Maine, said Wednesday she would support the repeal, just as the
House of Representatives voted to repeal the 17-year-old law.
“After careful analysis of the comprehensive report compiled by the
Department of Defense and thorough consideration of the testimony provided
by the Secretary of Defense, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and
the service chiefs, I support repeal of the 'don’t ask, don’t tell' law,”
Snowe said in a statement.
Murkowski and Brown had previously suggested they supported repeal, but this
is the first time both have committed to backing a bill.
Sixty senators are needed to avoid the lockup promised by several antirepeal
leaders, including Senate Armed Services Committee ranking member John
McCain of Arizona.
Senate majority leader Harry Reid of Nevada has yet to announce when the
bill will move forward in the Senate.
Other possibilities on the Republican side include senators Richard Lugar of
Indiana and George Voinovich of Ohio. |
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