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- From: jmh@gnu.ai.mit.edu (Jeffrey M. Hoffmeister)
- Newsgroups: soc.motss
- Subject: Re: Gays in Military: Powell's phone number
- Message-ID: <1993Jan26.181216.16822@mintaka.lcs.mit.edu>
- Date: 26 Jan 93 18:12:16 GMT
- Article-I.D.: mintaka.1993Jan26.181216.16822
- References: <MJT.93Jan26101028@world.std.com>
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- In article <MJT.93Jan26101028@world.std.com> mjt@world.std.com (Mitch J Trachtenberg) writes:
- >The New York Times today reported that the Pentagon had received
- >about 20 calls against the ban on gays in the military, 600 for.
- >
- >The phone number for General Powell's office at the Pentagon
- >is 703 697-9121, and the Pentagon switchboard is 703 545 6700.
- >
- >An argument that may be more persuasive than "you're a bigoted
- >jerk," is that the military's commander in chief, voted in by
- >the nation's civilian population, should be allowed to make
- >policy without insubordination by his subordinates.
- >
- >Mitch Trachtenberg
-
- I really don't understand General Powell's logic. Isn't he using the
- same arguements against gays as was used against blacks?
- He's about the last person I'd expect to do somwthing like that.
-
- Just a passing thought!
-
- Jeff
- jmh@gnu.ai.mit.edu
-