 In 2009, Powers urged the Obama administration to repeal "Don't ask, don't tell" as "refusing the service of people like Lt. Daniel Choi[...]an Arabic linguist — a specialty in enormously short supply — who deployed to Iraq and was willing to deploy again" harmed national security.A year earlier, she had accused the Republican Party of using homophobia for political gain.Powers opposed the Fairness Doctrine, and a constitutional amendment to ban flag burning.