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ROBERT GATES: You know, I didn't spend a career in the military. But I have read a lot of history, and I can't think of a single precedent in American history of doing a referendum of the American armed forces on a policy issue.
Are you going to ask them if they want 15-month tours? You going to ask them if they want to be part of the surge in Iraq? That's not the way our civilian-led military has ever worked in our entire history.
The "should" question needs to be decided by the Congress or the courts, as far as I'm concerned.
I think, in effect, doing a referendum of the service -- of the members of the armed forces on a policy matter is a very dangerous path.
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Siriusly? GoodAsYou reports that Dr. Laura opened with a four-minute endorsement of repealing DADT on her satellite radio program and noted in passing that "The pig that just flew by our window has yet to offer his thoughts."
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