Pelosi leads celebration of 'don't ask, don't tell' repeal
Source: CNN Washington (CNN) -- House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Tuesday led jubilant legislators and Soldiers discharged under the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy in singing "God Bless America" to celebrate the upcoming Repeal of the Controversial law. President Barack Obama will sign the Repeal bill on Wednesday, and Pelosi did her part at the ceremony attended by hundreds of supporters of the Repeal by signing the measure passed by Congress to send it to the White House. SNIP "Isn't this a joyful...

Gillibrand To Attend DADT Signing Tomorrow
Kirsten Gillibrand's image-making moment rolls on. After receiving the A1 treatment in The Times on Sunday—as one of the senators celebrating the Repeal of Don't Ask Don't Tell—Gillibrand will be in attendance at the Department of the Interior tomorrow morning when President Obama officially signs the bill, an aide confirmed. It's one more photo-op in what has become a coming-out party for the junior senator during this lame-duck session. She attended the House version of the bill ...

Larry David "praises" tax cuts for rich in NY Times
The liberal television icon took to the editorial pages of the New York Times on Tuesday to declare -- sarcastically -- that his life was finally getting better now that the Obama administration has extended Bush-era Tax Cuts for two years. "There is a God! It passed! The Bush Tax Cuts have been extended two years for the upper bracketeers, of which I am a proud member, thank you very much ... This is a life changer," David wrote in a missive headlined "Thanks for the Tax Cut!" Forbes Magazine ...

Megan Fox Marries Brian Austin Green in Hawaii
It took two Engagements, but Megan Fox and Brian Austin Green finally made it legal. Reports the couple were married at the Four Seasons Hotel resort last weekend while vacationing on the big island of Hawaii were confirmed to PEOPLE early Tuesday. "Yes they are married," a rep for Fox says. Fox, 24, and Green, 36, who met in 2004, initially got engaged in November 2006, only to call it off in February 2009. At the time, a source said the decision was "mutual." PHOTOS: Surprise! We're Married...

Beach Patrol: Winter Getaways
Latest News! Flaunting her famous 22-in. waist, the star goes for a solo stroll while vacationing in Hawaii with husband Brian Austin Green (not pictured)....

Watching Too Closely
If Obama succeeds, as is now expected, in getting the New START Treaty ratified, he'll put a beautiful cap on a stunningly effective and productive Congress. It all started with the Lily Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, and the bills just kept coming. One of the best was certainly the Credit Card Act of 2009. Where is the love for this awesome piece of Legislation? We are still celebrating the Repeal of the Don't Ask, Don't Tell policy, but don't forget that last year we were celebrating passage of the...

Reid is gaga for Gaga
From Holly Bailey: Is Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid secretly a Lady GaGa superfan? On Saturday, Reid twice messaged the pop star on Twitter — shortly before the Senate voted to Repeal the “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy banning gays from serving openly in the Military and immediately after. In fact, his first Twitter message after the vote was to Gaga, who had previously lobbied him and other senators via Twitter to overturn the Controversial policy. “We did ...

Sexual orientations ignored by lame-duck Democrats
The lame-duck Congress has now passed the Obama-endorsed Repeal of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" – by a vote of 250 to 175 in the House and 65 to 31 in the Senate. In the House, the 250 votes in favor of recruiting self-announced Homosexuals into our Armed Forces contrasted with 175 votes against it. When the newly elected House convenes next month – so many of those Democrats who voted for Repeal will be gone – having themselves been repealed by an overwhelming majority of the v...

In wake of repeal, a look back at how Dont Ask, Dont Tell failed one servicemember
Fred Karger is not your typical Republican Presidential Candidate. He has never held elected office, spending his life behind the scenes as a consultant for other Candidates. When questioned on policy issues he will readily admit when he is unsure and needs further research. And there’s the 800 lb. elephant More… No one wants to come out and say it, but a number of Republicans have recently indicated that they plan to mount campaigns to seek the party’s 2012 presidential nomina...

Weighing in on the Repeal of DADT
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Pelosi leads celebration of 'don't ask, don't tell' repeal
Washington (CNN) - House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Tuesday led jubilant legislators and Soldiers discharged under the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy in singing "God Bless America" to celebrate the upcoming Repeal of the Controversial law. President Barack Obama will sign the Repeal bill on Wednesday, and Pelosi did her part at the ceremony attended by hundreds of supporters of the Repeal by signing the measure passed by Congress to send it to the White House. ...

Time to Talk Some Smack
The Senate passed a test-vote on START ratification with 67 votes. What this means is that the president is going to succeed in his number one priority Foreign Policy item in his first two years in the White House. He also just completed a total Repeal of the Don't Ask, Don't Tell policy, and in a manner far superior to doing it by Executive Order, as many impatient people insisted that he do. He's going to get the 9/11 Responders bill passed. He is the only president in our history to success...

The Morning Plum
* New START showdown set for today: With a key Senate vote set for today on the treaty, the pressure from the White House and Military leadership on wavering GOP senators couldn't be more intense. The Military leadership is engaged in a last-ditch push to undercut the two primary GOP objections, insisting that all reasonable concerns about the treaty have been met and that it must be ratified sooner ...

Lets Try Not to be Cartoonish
Erm… no. Amos, though, is the wrong man to deal with it. His subordinates know what he thinks of gays. They know he has not an iota of sympathy for what might be their difficulties or any tolerance for their lifestyle. If I were gay, I would not want to work for the man - or serve under him. He is one step short of being a bigot. It is certainly possible that General Amos will fail to implement the Repeal of DADT with sufficient vigor, or that he will attempt to obstruct the policy o...

Manchin Apologizes For Missing DADT Vote To Attend Family Christmas Party
Freshman Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV), who has been subjected to much public criticism after he was absent for this past weekend's votes on the DREAM Act and the successful Repeal of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" in order to attend a family Christmas Party -- which his office described as "a family obligation that he just could not break -- is now apologizing for the fumble. West Virginia MetroNews Network reports: "Let me apologize to anybody and everybody within our listening and reading areas. I'm ve...

Dont Ask, Dont Tell: Next Steps
Following the Senate’s historic vote on Saturday to Repeal “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,” the final steps for implementation have begun. President Obama is expected to sign the Act into law on tomorrow. “Implementation of the new policies and regulations written by the Department is consistent with the standards of Military readiness, Military effectiveness, unit cohesion, and recruiting and retention of the Armed Forces.” “Once this Legislation is sign...

Lindsey Graham: Harry Reid Ate The GOPs Lunch
Perhaps the most extraordinary thing about the Lame Duck session is how successful it's actually ended up being. Don't Ask, Don't Tell Repeal, the impending...

Kyl Blasts START Treaty Negotiations
Sen. John Kyl of Arizona says the Obama Administration has not negotiated the START arms reduction treaty in good faith. He and other colleagues want to slow the effort down to study issues with the US-Russia arms pact. Click here to cancel reply. You must be logged in to post a comment. The Commandant of the Marine Corps, General James Amos, gave his honest assessment of what the Repeal of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" would mean to the Marine Corps. Now that it's passed, he has said that...

Sen. Manchin apologizes for missing votes on 'Don't ask' and immigration
Newly elected Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) apologized Tuesday for missing two key votes over the weekend while attending a Christmas Party. Manchin previously explained that the gathering would be one of his only opportunities to see his family during the Holiday Season, but admitted that he made a mistake after catching flak from allies. "Let me apologize to anybody and everybody within our listening and reading areas. I'm very sorry for missing the two votes,” Manchin said during a conferen...

ACLU threatens to sue over Marshall's bill banning gays from Va. National Guard
The ACLU of Virginia threatened Tuesday to file suit if Del. Bob Marshall (R-Prince William)'s proposed bill banning gays from openly serving in the Virginia National Guard becomes law next year. "Not only is Delegate Marshall's proposal an affront to gay men and Lesbians throughout the state but it will surely be ruled Unconstitutional before it is ever implemented," the group's Executive Director Kent Willis said. The U.S. Senate voted to end the 17-year-old federal ''Don't Ask, Don't Tell' p...

Graham Berates GOP For 'Capitulation' Of 'Dramatic Proportions' In Lame Duck
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) is not happy about the recent Productivity of the Lame Duck Congress, and blamed the GOP for allowing it to happen. "When it's all going to be said and done," he said on Fox News Radio today, "Harry Reid has eaten our lunch. This has been a capitulation in two weeks of dramatic proportions of policies that wouldn't have passed in the new Congress." "The Lame Duck session was meant to basically transition from one Congress to the next, not take every special interest ...

Gov. McDonnell Says No Way To New DADT For Va. National Guard
A state lawmaker from Virginia is so upset about the Congress repealing Don't Ask, Don't Tell that he wants to institute a mini-DADT banning gay men and Lesbians from the Virginia National Guard. "It's a distraction when I'm on the battlefield and have to concentrate on the enemy 600 yards away and I'm worried about this guy whose got eyes on me," the lawmaker, Delegate Bob Marshall (R), told WUSA9. "If I needed a Blood Transfusion and the guy next to me had committed Sodomy 14 times in the l...

Democrat Joe Manchin Apologizes To His Constituents For Missing DADT and DREAM Act Votes
Obama rubber stamp Joe Manchin said today he was "very sorry for missing the 2 votes"....As you know, the West Virginia senator was with his Grandchildren during the important vote metronews U.S. Senator Joe Manchin apologized to his constituents Tuesday for missing two key votes over the weekend. Manchin has caught heat from friends and foes alike for failing to be on the Senate floor Saturday to vote on the Repeal of “Don't Ask, Don't Tell” and the DREAM Act. Instead he was celeb...

Analysis: A political rebound, but can it hold?
President Barack Obama is rebounding from his party's midterm drubbing with the kind of lame-duck victory list any White House would want: a tax deal, a landmark Repeal of the ban on Openly Gay Military service, and the prospect of a major Nuclear Treaty with Russia. Each represents a different approach at deal-making, but none alone offers a clear path to governing in a divided capital over the next two years. In the seven weeks since the election, Obama negotiated with Republican leaders on ta...