Duncan Hunter

Rep. Duncan Hunter is alleged to have spent thousands of campaign funds on personal items, including Punky Brewster products.

The amendment sought to strike an Obama-era practice of requiring the Pentagon to pay for gender transition surgeries and hormone therapy.

Jennifer Finney Boylan says she fears conservatives will now seek to “isolate and marginalize transgender people.”

A California lawmaker who participated in the GOP-led efforts in the U.S. House of Representatives to derail the repeal of “Don’t Ask Don’t Tell,” has introduced a draft bill that would require the Defense Department to “ensure that a member of the Armed Forces … is not pressured to approve of another person’s sexual conduct…”

The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday approved the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), which includes three controversial, anti-gay amendments that seek to delay implementation of repeal of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,” and reaffirm Congress’ support for the Defense of Marriage Act.

The White House on Saturday expressed ”serious objections” to an amendment approved by the House Armed Services Committee on May 11 that would require all four military service chiefs to certify that implementation of the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” repeal would not impact combat readiness.

Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-Calif.) will introduce an amendment to the National Defense Authorization bill this week that would require all four military service chiefs to certify that implementation of the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” repeal would not impact combat readiness.