Republican Presidential hopeful Mitt Romney made a stop in Manchester, N.H., at a local restaurant where he met Vietnam veteran Bob Garon. The conversation started off with Romney inquiring about Garon’s service and thanking him for it. Then the 63-year-old Garon asked his question for Romney: “New Hampshire right now has some legislation kicking around about a repeal for the same-sex marriage. And all I need is a ‘yes’ or ‘no.’ Do you support the repeal?” Watch how the rest of the conversation goes in the video below. What’s your take on Romney? Or any Republican candidate? [HTML1]
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Pentagon officials will roll out a plan today that will give the services about three months to train troops on the new law allowing gays to serve openly. Three levels of training will usher in changes to everything from personnel regs and recruiting, officials said. One level will be for administrators and leadership. The second will be for senior commanders who will have to enforce the policies. The third will be the general training for the troops. Once the training is complete, the president must certify that lifting the ban won’t hurt troops’ ability to fight. Sixty days after certification,…
Katherine Miller, who quit West Point in August, said she would come back in the Army – if “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” is repealed. The admitted lesbian told the Associated Press that she left the U.S. Military Academy to fight the policy and because she couldn’t keep lying about her sexuality. Miller, who is now attending Yale University, said the end of DADT would help the military by opening it up to more qualified candidates. At the time of her departure, Miller was the ninth-ranked Cadet in her class of 1,157, and boasted a grade point average of 3.829. She…
