Mass. Senator Scott Brown issued a harsh rebuke to Harvard yesterday for its positions on ROTC and the DREAM Act, saying in a statement that the University “has its priorities upside down.”
In yesterday’s Boston Globe, University President Drew G. Faust said that Harvard would not officially recognize ROTC unless the military’s “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy banning openly gay service members is overturned—comments to which Brown, a Republican, reacted strongly.
The senator contrasted the University’s stance on “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” with its recent strong support for the DREAM Act, which would give some illegal immigrants the opportunity to serve in the military as well as attend college.
“It is incomprehensible to me that Harvard does not allow ROTC to use its facilities, but welcomes students who are in this country illegally,” he said in the statement posted on his website. “They should embrace young people who want to serve their country at a time of war.”
The spat unfolded two days after the Senate—under threat of a Republican filibuster—declined to take up a measure that would have allowed gays to serve openly in the military.
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