Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2000 14:33:07 -0500 From: Kevin Ivers Subject: LCR OpEd: Stop Playing Games with Soldiers' Lives LCR Web OpEd: "Don't Ask, Don't Tell: Stop Playing Games with Soldiers' Lives" Opinion/Editorial by Rich Tafel, executive director of Log Cabin Republicans Gays in the military -- it's back. The leaders of both parties have not said a word in years on this issue, and now only weeks from the beginning of the primary season it's front and center again. It has always been a political beach ball, with candidates batting it around to each other, pandering to various constituencies, with little regard for the soldiers that are affected or our country's national security. The result has been a policy in practice that has harmed a record number of the people it was supposed to help, and all signs point to continued recklessness to come. Click here to read the full LCR Web OpEd http://www.lcr.org Log Cabin Republicans Kevin Ivers (202) 347-5306 phone Director of Public Affairs (202) 347-5224 fax http://www.lcr.org