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The Military Personnel Subcommittee of the House Armed Services Committee’s public hear ing July 23 hearing came on the heels of a new poll showing that, for the first time, a majority of Americans believe the han should be lifted. According to 365Gay.com, among those who testified were retired U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Vance Coleman, retired U.S. Navy Capt. Joan E. Darrah and former Marine Staff Sgt. Eric F. Alva. “This hearing begins a conversation about the national security impact of losing qualified, capable servicememhers,” said Aubrey Sarvis, ex ecutive director of Servicememhers Legal Defense Network. “We commend Congresswoman Susan Davis [D-Calif.J, chair of the Military Personnel Subcommittee, for her leadership in reviewing this obsolete law.” been discharged as a result of the policy, includ ing 800 with skills deemed “mission critical,” such as pilots, combat engineers and linguists. A study conducted last year for Servicemembers Legal Defense Network concluded that the U.S. mili tary could attract as many as 41,000 new recruits if gays and lesbians in the military were able to he open about their sexual orientation. Bush Leaves Legacy with AIDS Bill The U.S. Senate voted July 9 to triple spending for a program that will treat millions of Africans and others with AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis. In an 80-16 vote, the chamber voted to spend up to $48 billion during the next five years on the most comprehensive foreign public health program ever launched by the United States. The legislation replaces the current $15 billion act that Congress passed in 2003, which expires in September. President Bush said in a statement that when the program was launched in 2003, about 50,000 people in sub-Saharan Africa were receiving anti retroviral treatment for HIV/AIDS. Today, the program supports lifesaving anti-retroviral treat ment for more than 1.7 million people around the world. It also has supported treatment and prevention programs that have helped HIV-positive women give birth to nearly 200,000 infants who are HIV-free, Bush said. The Democratic-led Senate gave Bush credit for initiating the program. According to a July 17 Associated Press article, Sen. Joseph Biden, D-Del., chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and a chief negotia tor in crafting the bill, said the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief is “the single most significant thing the president has done.” The global AIDS program could save hundreds of thousands of lives, Biden told the AP, “and the president de serves our recognition for that.” The vote came after months U.S. Rep. Susan Davis, D-Califis leading the effort to repeal of negotiations with Senate "don't ask, don't tell." conservatives wanting assur Davis introduced legislation to repeal the ban. ances that the new AIDS bill would continue to An ABC News/Was/ungton Post poll released include programs promoting abstinence and fidel last month shows that 75 percent of Americans ity and would not discriminate against religious believe gays and lesbian people should be allowed groups in allotting funding. to serve openly. A similar poll taken shortly af ter President Bill Clinton signed the law in 1993 McCain Backpedals found that only 44 percent of Americans sup on Gay Adoption ported the idea. U.S. Sen. John McCain’s campaign was sent A study published by a University of California into a tailspin when the presidential candidate think tank last month found that “allowing gays told The New York Times July 11 that he op and lesbians to serve openly is unlikely to pose posed allowing gay couples to adopt children. any significant risk to morale, good order, disci According to the article, the Arizona Republican pline or cohesion.” said, “I think we’ve proven that both parents are Former U.S. Sen. Sam Nunn, R-Ga., one of important in the success of a family so, no, I don’t the principal lawmakers responsible for the pas believe in gay adoption.” sage of “don’t ask, don’t tell,” said June 3 it is time The campaign “clarified” by issuing a state for Congress to revisit the law. ment July 15 that abandoned children are better In the 15 years that “don’t ask, don’t tell” has off with caring parental figures of any sexual ori been in force, more than 10,000 personnel have entation than the alternative. According to The
