{"id":505921,"date":"2016-12-07T17:28:03","date_gmt":"2016-12-07T17:28:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/glaad.logalt.net\/tap\/james-mattis\/"},"modified":"2023-04-21T22:29:50","modified_gmt":"2023-04-21T22:29:50","slug":"james-mattis","status":"publish","type":"gap","link":"https:\/\/glaad.org\/gap\/james-mattis\/","title":{"rendered":"James Mattis"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u2014Believes \u201cdon\u2019t ask, don\u2019t tell\u201d should not have been repealed<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u2014Reportedly<\/a> a critic of the Obama administration\u2019s \u201cprogressive agenda\u201d on LGBTQ and women soldiers.<\/p>\n

\u2014Opposed<\/a> to women in the Armed Forces: \u201cPutting women in there is not setting them up for success.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2014Criticized<\/a> what he sees as overabundance of post-traumatic stress diagnoses: \u201cThere\u2019s no room for woe-is-me, for self-pity, or for cynicism\u2026. Further, there is no room for military people, including our veterans, to see themselves as victims even if so many of our countrymen are prone to relish that role. In the military, we make choices. We\u2019re not victims.\u201d<\/p>\n

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