officers as a way to defend the don t ask, don t tell policy? they have a new approach now. the approach is that this is going to be difficult because we are in two wars. if we were at peace, their argument would be that we must not try this social experiment because you can t really tell if it will work during peacetime. their approach is to somehow avoid what would make american men and women in the service act in an honorable way, be able to not lie to themselves and lie to those around them and there is nothing but, in a sense, some hatred, a little bit of fear and a great deal of ignorance driving this force to keep this don t ask, don t tell policy in place. general mcpeak s op-ed today, i thought, was important because of his arguments and i don t mean it as an insult to the general at all. his arguments were strange, in my view.
itself from that $1.8 million townhouse. the family now claims it has absolutely nothing to do with c street. the president of the fellowship which is again also known as the family talked to the columbus dispatch last week. quoting from the dispatch, richard carver, the president of the fellowship foundation said his charitable organization does not own the c street center and has no control over its policy. he said he does not know who owns or runs the center. quote, it is simply not a part of anything we do. so according to the fellowship they have nothing to do with c street. nothing. they don t even know who runs c street. well, today we were able to obtain what appears to be the official deed to the c street house. it is a deed that is dated september 23, 2009. it s a deed that appears to change the ownership of the property from a group called youth with a mission to an organization called c street center, incorporated. signing on behalf of c street
they have been talking about having a long study. the president of the united states, instead of calling for a study, should have said to the secretary of defense, tell me in 30 days how we can get this legislation moving on the hill. but don t hold this until december. the president of the united states, according to article 2, section 2 of the constitution is the commander in chief. he is in charge of the army and the navy. when the constitution was written, there wasn t an air force. it is quite clear it is up to him to set the tone. and it is up to him to set what we call very importantly in this democracy civilian control. and that means that the civilians, the people who are elected, are the ones who set the particular way things should be in the services. you do not look to the military people in uniform to set the policy. you look to them for their expertise. you look to them for judgment and then you, as the person who is elected head of this
care reform, obama still has an edge. there is a poll out today saying that. part of it is the accrued capital accrued to the democratic party as the protector of these kind of big middle class social programs like social security, like medicare. so i think it s an uphill climb for republicans to turn around and suddenly portray themselves as the defenders of medicare when in the same cycle paul ryan in the house is essentially advocating for the privatization of medicare and the dismantling of it as a program as we know. so, yeah, i think it s actually not a winnable, rhetorical fight for them to portray themselves as the defenders of medicare. looking specifically at the amendment that john mccain has introduced that i made fun of him for at length at the top of the introduction, ezra klein argued in the washington post today that this idea that you d ban reconciliation for things like medicare is not just completely at odds with mccain s record, who s repeatedly voted to cut med
you too, sir. reverend eric williams, senior pastor at north congregational church in columbus. good luck to you, sir. on its substance, support for the military s don t ask, don t tell policy has been pretty thin for a while. we will discuss what may be the end of a destructive policy with a distinguished guest. he is clifford alexander. he served president carter as secretary of the army. mr. alexander is the interview mr. alexander is the interview ochecked your medications.