“Having men and women together in the battlefield is an incredible asset, particularly when they’re asked to lead teams in parts of the world with fundamentally different expectations and norms,” Biden said in his speech at a graduation ceremony at Michie Stadium on the West Point grounds along the Hudson River.<\/p>\n
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The vice president saluted class president Eugene “E.J.” Coleman for publicly coming out as gay.<\/p>\n
Before the repeal of the military’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy in 2010, “E.J. would have been discharged from the Army, and we would have lost an incredible talent,” he said. “Thanks for your courage, E.J., and I expect we’re going to hear big things from you, pal.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
I guess that’s just something you say these days. No one has made the case that proves how women in combat units and openly gay soldiers in the military will help us kill more enemies and win wars, so they just speak in empty platitudes about “courage” and “incredible talent”.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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