Ethics

Obama's Army Secretary Against DADT

By Ed Brayton

President Obama introduced his nominee to be Secretary of the Army on Tuesday. It's John McHugh, a Republican congressman from New York, and he's opposed to the DADT policy.

White House press secretary Robert Gibbs said Tuesday that President Barack Obama's nominee for secretary of the Army, Republican representative John McHugh, agrees with the president that "don't ask, don't tell" should be changed.

"I think it's obvious from those statements and other statements that Congressman McHugh has made that he and the president are in agreement on changing the policy they both don't think is working for this country right now," Gibbs said in response to a question from The Advocate about the congressman's past remarks. "It's a priority of the president's and I think, for any number of reasons, we have a nominee that we hope will be confirmed quickly and will have -- ah, based on his background and experience -- will help to improve the lives of the Army."

Full post as published by Dispatches from the Culture Wars on June 06, 2009 (boomark / email).