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*Rep. Martin Meehan, D-Mass., who sponsored a bill to overturn the "don't ask, don't tell" policy, declared, "Our military is struggling to find and keep the soldiers we need. We are turning away good troops to enforce a costly policy of discrimination." | *Rep. Martin Meehan, D-Mass., who sponsored a bill to overturn the "don't ask, don't tell" policy, declared, "Our military is struggling to find and keep the soldiers we need. We are turning away good troops to enforce a costly policy of discrimination." | ||
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Revision as of 14:18, June 12, 2007
General Peter Pace (b. 1945) has been the current Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff since September 30, 2005. A Brooklyn native, Pace graduated the United States Naval Academy and was commissioned a second lieutenant in the Marine Corps. He has served in Vietnam, Thailand, South Korea, Japan, and Somalia. He has served in a number of positions in Washington, DC, including White House Social Aide and Platoon Leader, Special Ceremonial Platoon.[1]
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Gen. Pace in Dress Uniform
In an interview by the Chicago Tribune on March 11, 2007, Pace reportedly said:[2]
- I believe that homosexual acts between individuals are immoral and that we should not condone immoral acts. I do not believe that the armed forces of the United States are well served by saying through our policies that it's OK to be immoral in any way. ...
- As an individual, I would not want (acceptance of gay behavior) to be our policy, just like I would not want it to be our policy that if we were to find out that so-and-so was sleeping with somebody else's wife, that we would just look the other way, which we do not. We prosecute that kind of immoral behavior.
Liberal activists criticized his remarks:[3]
- House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Cal.) said, "We don't need moral judgment from the chairman of the Joint Chiefs."
- Rep. Martin Meehan, D-Mass., who sponsored a bill to overturn the "don't ask, don't tell" policy, declared, "Our military is struggling to find and keep the soldiers we need. We are turning away good troops to enforce a costly policy of discrimination."
On June 8, 2007, Defense Secretary Robert Gates announced the premature replacement of Peter Pace as chairman of the Joint Chief of Staff.