Claim: The Dec. 5 edition of ABC's "This Week" played host to a heated discussion about the repeal of "don't ask, don't tell" legislation. Claims pinged back and forth regarding the recent Pentagon investigation of troop attitudes toward the law. But we caught several people putting the wrong figures with the wrong questions, or otherwise misrepresenting the results. First, Gen. Wesley Clark misrepresented how many service members thought having an openly gay colleague would not affect their combat performance: Clark: And what the survey showed is that essentially all of the service members,
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Verdict: the dec. 5 edition of abc's "this week" played host to a heated discussion about the repeal of "don't ask, don't tell" legislation. claims pinged back and forth regarding the recent pentagon investigation of troop attitudes toward the law. but we caught several people putting the wrong figures with the wrong questions, or otherwise misrepresenting the results. first, gen. wesley clark misrepresented how many service members thought having an openly gay colleague would not affect their combat performance: clark: and what the survey showed is that essentially all of the service members,
Organisation: FactCheck.org
Author: Jess Henig
Date published: 2010-12-08T16:31:21