Donald Trump Asked Joint Chiefs Chair Mark Milley, 'Are You Soft on Transgenders?'
In a new Atlantic interview, Milley recounts that Trump once said no one wants to see wounded veterans.
SEPTEMBER 22, 2023
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After Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman Peter Pace called homosexuality immoral, seven retired officers came out. Their new duty? Showing America how honorable gay service members are.
APRIL 9, 2007
General Pace sidelined as Joint Chiefs chairman
The Bush administration sidelined Gen. Peter Pace, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, on Friday, announcing plans to replace him as the nation's top military officer rather than reappoint him and risk a Senate confirmation struggle focusing on the Iraq war.
JUNE 9, 2007
Pentagon Cancels Drag Show at Nevada Air Force Base Ahead of Pride Month
The move stands in opposition to the message of LGBTQ+ support the Biden Administration has been sending publicly.
JUNE 1, 2023
Joint Chiefs chairman won't apologize for antigay remark
Senior aides to the chairman of the military Joint Chiefs of Staff said Tuesday that Marine Corps general Peter Pace won't apologize for calling homosexuality immoral, an opinion that gay advocacy groups deplored.
MARCH 13, 2007
Joint Chiefs nominee signals willingness to revisit 'don't ask, don't tell'
The Servicemembers Legal Defense Network is reporting that Adm. Michael Mullen, President Bush's nominee to succeed Gen. Peter Pace as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, was questioned about the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy on lesbian, gay, and bisexual personnel during a Senate hearing Tuesday.
AUGUST 2, 2007
Day Two of Trump's Ban, and Trans Troops Are Still Serving
The Joint Chiefs of Staff announced that the military will not discharge service members until the president sends further direction.
JULY 27, 2017
Nation's Top Military Officer Opposes Trump's Trans Ban
Gen. Joseph Dunford, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told the Senate he advised against the ban and would continue to do so.
SEPTEMBER 27, 2017
Defense secretary Gates sidesteps question on Pace apology
Defense secretary Robert Gates declined to say Sunday whether the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff should apologize for his remark that homosexual acts are immoral or whether it was a slur on gay members of the armed forces.
MARCH 19, 2007
Sociologist Who Helped Craft 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' Dies
Sociologist Charles Moskos, an expert on the attitudes of service members who helped formulate the ''don't ask, don't tell'' policy toward gays in the military, has died. The retired Northwestern University professor died of cancer Saturday at his home in Santa Monica, Calif., his family said. He was 74. His surveys on military personnel issues, such as morale and recruitment trends, made him widely quoted in the news media. But he was best known for the advice to the Joint Chiefs of Staff that led to ''don't ask, don't tell.''
JUNE 4, 2008
