Center for Military Readiness (www.cmrlink.org) - Elaine Donnelly, President, 10/17/08


It is unfortunate that the 2008 presidential candidates and their friends in the media have said very little about military/social issues that will be decided by the next Commander in Chief.

The presidential and vice presidential debates are now over, but not a single question was asked on matters such as gays in the military, women in land combat, or whether young women should be required to register with Selective Service.

That is disappointing, but these issues are not going away. The Center for Military Readiness is an independent, non-partisan public policy organization. We do not endorse candidates, but we do write about military personnel issues of importance to our men and women in the military.

In recent weeks I have written several articles on these issues, and will continue to do so before and after the election on November 4. I thought you might be interested in these four articles, which I wrote for National Review Online’s “The Tank” section so far this month:

October 7 “Slick Strategy on Gays in the Military”

October 15 “McCain Shouldn’t Wobble on Gays in the Military”

October 15 “Candidates, Co-Ed Combat, and Conscription Registration”

October 16 “Plumber Joe and the Culture of Freedom”

I hope you will forward this message to others who might be interested in these issues... Please let me know your thoughts—I hope to hear from you soon.

Elaine Donnelly, www.cmrlink.org