Colin Powell and Don’t Ask Don’t Tell

Former Secretary of State Colin Powell recently passed away from COVID-19 (he also had cancer) and this article discusses his changing views on Don’t Ask Don’t Tell in the military, and same sex marriage.

In 2010, when President Barack Obama floated the idea of reviewing DADT with an eye to repeal, Powell, by then a private citizen, endorsed the plan. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates and Joint Chiefs Chairman had said they supported Obama’s proposal.

Here’s more. Powell was mostly a Republican, but not always. He did support Barack Obama in both campaigns, but he was appointed by George H. W. Bush. I was never quite sure where he stood. I think all this shows how we as gay people were used as political pawns so many times. 

In any event, may he RIP. 

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