East Bay Young Democrats » Dont Ask Dont Tell http://www.ebyd.org/site Wed, 28 Jul 2010 16:34:50 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Obama in Town! http://www.ebyd.org/site/2010/05/obama-in-town/ http://www.ebyd.org/site/2010/05/obama-in-town/#comments Tue, 25 May 2010 18:44:52 +0000 Roobs http://www.ebyd.org/site/?p=1283 Last Updated Wednesday, May 26, 2010 at 1:10pm.

Woot!  We are excited because President Obama is in town on a two-day trip to the Bay Area.  Yesterday, Obama lent a boost to Sen. Barbara Boxer, who is in a tight re-election campaign., speaking at a fundraiser at the Fairmont Hotel in San Francisco.  You can watch KTVU’s report from that event here.

At one point during his speech, Obama was interrupted by a heckler who demanded Obama move faster on repealing Don’t Ask Don’t Tell.  Obama replied by saying that the man probably didn’t read the morning paper.

On Wednesday, Obama will promote green jobs at the solar panel manufacturing plant, Solyndra, Inc., in Fremont.  His visit also comes after the announcement that Tesla Motors, Inc. and Toyota teamed up and will re-open the NUMMI plant to build Tesla’s electric cars.  All very good news to the East Bay and we are happy to have POTUS highlighting the accomplishments.  We need to keep up our momentum as a hub for green technology and green jobs in cities like Oakland.  Watch his speech below:

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]]> http://www.ebyd.org/site/2010/05/obama-in-town/feed/ 0 Colin Powell Says DADT Should Be Repealed! http://www.ebyd.org/site/2010/02/colin-powell-says-dadt-should-be-repealed/ http://www.ebyd.org/site/2010/02/colin-powell-says-dadt-should-be-repealed/#comments Thu, 04 Feb 2010 01:04:20 +0000 Roobs http://www.ebyd.org/site/?p=586 Colin Powell today joined Admiral Mullin to oppose Don’t Ask Don’t Tell and call for its repeal!  Check out this video from tonight’s Hardball with Chris Matthews as he interviews a Republican and Democratic strategist on the issue.

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