Please join us in thanking the troops who made today's DADT victory possible (Americablog)

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Take Action: Please join us in thanking the troops who made today's DADT victory possible
by John Aravosis (DC) on 12/18/2010 12:36:00 PM

There's a lot of thanks to go around for today's incredible and somewhat surprising, "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" victory. Please join us in thanking the troops, from Leonard Maltovich to Dan Choi, who made today possible. You can add your name to our open letter of thanks to all of them, and we'll deliver it to our friends at SLDN and Servicemembers United.

http://act.americablog.com/sign/dadt_thankveterans/?akid=3014.972342.WNcro8&rd=1&source=e1-subj&t=3

Everyone at Servicemembers Legal Defense Network and Servicemembers United. Especially their leaders, Aubrey Sarvis and Alex Nicholson, both proud vets. Then there are the vets. Leonard Maltovich, Perry Watkings, Tracy Thorne, Zoe Dunning, Justin Elzie, Michelle Beneke (and Dixon Osborn, who isn't a vet, but set up SLDN 17 years ago with Michelle), Grethe Cammermeyer, Joe Steffan, Keith Meinhold, Eric Alva, Victor Fehrenbach, and Dan Choi... and so many more.

And let's not forget the activists who weren't willing to take no for an answer. Robin McGehee at GetEqual and the entire gay Netroots. Our friends in the White House who have been pushing this for two years, in the face of some serious internal challenges. Our friends on the Hill, Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid - who both got this done. Senator Udall of Colorado. Senator Gillibrand. Senator Lieberman (yes, he actually busted his butt for us). Senators Snowe and Collins, and every other Republican and Democrat who finally came our way. And Congressman Patrick Murphy, who went the extra mile for us. And even the President, who finally got into gear (albeit a tad late) and made the calls necessary to make this happen.

I'm sure I'm forgetting far too many people, all the way back to my friends at the Campaign for Military Service back in 1993, and Michael in Senator Kennedy's office who spent far too much time with me figuring out how to responds to the evil Sam Nunn.

So thank you all. It's not over. But it's a hell of a start, and a hell of a Christmas gift.
http://www.americablog.com/2010/12/take-action-please-join-us-in-thanking.html

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