Mike Pence: “We are a Nation at war. We have soldiers that are in harm's way at…”

On the recordDecember 15, 2010

We are a Nation at war. We have soldiers that are in harm's way at this hour, forward deployed, at Bagram and Helmand province, places I visited just a few short weeks ago. This is an issue exclusively that is about recruitment, readiness, unit cohesion, and retention because we are a Nation at war. In recent key findings of the Pentagon study, overall U.S. military predicted negative or very negative effects, 30 percent. The percentage of the Marine Corps predicting negative effects, 43 percent; 48 percent within the Army; 58 percent within Marine combat units.

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Mike Pence

Republican · Indiana

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govinfo.gov

Dec 15, 2010

Editor's note · Context

The speaker addresses concerns about the repeal of Don't Ask, Don't Tell in the context of military readiness.

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Mike Pence: “We are a Nation at war. We have soldiers that are in harm's way at this hour, forward deployed, at Bagram and Helmand…”

Editor's note · Context