United States vs. Manning

United States vs. Manning

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2010-03-25

Secretary of Defense Robert Gates and Admiral Mike Mullen hold a press conference with Jeh Johnson, Defense Counsel, on changes in regulations with respect to 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell.'

		We will raise the level of the officer who is authorized to initiate a fact-finding inquiry or separation proceeding regarding homosexual conduct to a general or flag officer in the service member's chain of command. We will raise the level of the person who is authorized to conduct a fact-finding inquiry to the level of lieutenant colonel, Navy commander or above. [...] We will raise the level of the office of officer who is authorized to separate an enlisted member to a general or flag officer in the service member's chain of command. [...] We will revise what constitutes credible information to begin an inquiry or separation proceeding by for example specifying that information provided by third parties should be given under oath and by discouraging the use of overheard statements and hearsay. We will revise what constitutes a reliable person, on whose word an inquiry could be initiated, with special scrutiny on third parties who may be motivated to harm the service member. [...] Finally certain categories of confidential information will no longer be used in support of discharges including information provided to lawyers, clergy and psychotherapists; information provided to a medical professional, in furtherance of medical treatment, or a public-health official, in the course of a public-health inquiry; information provided in the course of seeking professional assistance, for domestic or physical abuse, and information obtained in the course of security clearance investigations, in accordance with existing Department of Defense policies. [...] The services will have 30 days to conform their regulations to these changes. Meanwhile, these modifications will take effect immediately and will apply to all open and future cases. In effect, this means that all separations from this point forward will take place under the revised regulations.
	Name(s:)	Robert Gates
	Title:	Secretary of Defense
	Agency(ies):	Department of Defense
	Url:	Url Link
	Archive:	http://archive.is/j5k60

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