UPDATE to ARTICLE – Don’t Ask – Obama’s Latest Costly Crisis

by: jb williams | published: 10 03, 2011

After release, it has come to my attention that the Don’t Ask Don’t Tell Repeal Act of 2010 included the following language – “TITLE 10- Upon the effective date established by subsection (b), chapter 37 of title 10, United States Code, is amended-- (A) by striking section 654; and (B) in the table of sections at the beginning of such chapter, by striking the item relating to section 654.”

Contrary to statements in my original column, the Act passed by the Senate does appear to alter UCMJ Code by striking section 654 entirely, which is the section that prohibited homosexual service in the US Military. The Repeal Act was rushed through both houses of Congress while Democrats controlled both houses in December 2010, via the Small Business and Science and Technology Committees, attached to small business and technology legislation, circumventing all Military oversight committees.

Although the UCMJ Code book itself had not been altered at the time of release, it does appear upon further review, that the Act slipped through the Democrat controlled congress will alter UCMJ Code on the matter by striking the entire 654 section of the Code. Any misstatement of fact in the original report was unintentional and has now been corrected with this update.

It is worth noting that only the following eight Senate Republicans supported the measure –

George Voinovich [R, OH]   Aye 

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