Obama: Right on ROTC

15 September 2008 New Republic column "Obama: Right on ROTC " by Marty Peretz.  Note:  The Editor-In-Chief  wrote that Senator Obama's support for ROTC at the 11 September presidential candidate forum at Columbia "did not surprise me at all. It is an expression of his understanding the essentials of democratic life. That we need a military is axiomatic. That we need a bright and curious military follows from this first principle."  Peretz also wants to know what Senators McCain and Obama think of the "don't ask, don't tell" law.