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Return of the Global Test

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(John Hinderaker) One of the key moments in the 2004 presidential campaign occurred in a debate, when John Kerry suggested that America’s military policy needs to pass a “global test” before it can be implemented. In testimony before the Senate Armed Services Committee earlier today, Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta went farther than Kerry, suggesting that “international permission” is the “legal… Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : Power Line Discovery Date : 07/03/2012 18:30 Number of articles : 3

Return of the Global Test

Lady Gaga and Harry Reid Discuss Repealing ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ on Twitter

In a sign of the technological times we live in, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) sent a message via Twitter to pop singer Lady Gaga on Tuesday concerning a vote on the controversial military policy known as “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.” Reid’s tweet was actually in response to Gaga informing her 6.3 million followers: Gay Veterans were my VMA dates. Repeal Don’t Ask Don’t Tell. CALL HARRY REID to Schedule Senate Vote  For those unfamiliar, VMA is short for Sunday’s MTV Video Music Awards (Gaga and escorts pictured above right). So began a modern exchange over gay rights between a popular entertainment figure and one of the most powerful men in Washington: