Thursday, July 22, 2010
Lt. Dan Choi, an Iraq war veteran who has emerged as one of the most outspoken critics of the "Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell," the military ban on openly gay service members, has been discharged from the Army National Guard.
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Wednesday, July 21, 2010
A UCLA study estimates there are currently several thousand lesbian, gay, and bisexual soldiers serving in the military, and enforcing “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” has cost U.S. taxpayers up to more than a half a billion dollars since its inception in 1994.
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Thursday, July 8, 2010
SLDN, a national, legal services and policy organization dedicated to ending “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,” is advising gay and lesbian service members not to participate in a Pentagon survey released this week that focuses on the impact to the military if the policy is repealed.
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Wednesday, July 7, 2010
The Pentagon on Wednesday began sending 400,000 surveys to U.S. service members asking their opinion about what impact the repeal of the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" might have on morale and readiness, and their willingness to share quarters with gay or lesbian service members.
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Monday, May 31, 2010
[caption id="attachment_8037" align="alignleft" width="200" caption="Powell"][/caption] Appearing on ABC's “This Week” on Sunday, former Secretary of State Colin Powell said “the country has changed” in the 17 years since “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” became law and [...]
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Friday, May 28, 2010
The U.S. House approved a measure Friday that includes a provision to allow the Defense Department to repeal the 17-year-old Don't Ask, Don't Tell" ban on gays serving openly in the military. By a vote [...]
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Friday, May 28, 2010
The U.S. House of Representatives voted Thursday night to authorize the Defense Department to repeal the ban on gays serving openly in the military, clearing another hurdle toward dismantling the 1993 law widely known as [...]
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Thursday, May 27, 2010
The Senate Armed Services Committee on Thursday voted to repeal the ban on openly gay serve members, a major step toward dismantling the Clinton-era policy widely known as “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” as part of [...]
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Wednesday, May 26, 2010
Lawmakers and gay-rights activists predicted Wednesday that both the Senate and House will have enough votes to repeal the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” ban on openly gay service members. According to The Hill: Legislation to [...]
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Saturday, May 1, 2010
Defense Secretary Robert Gates and Adm. Mike Mullen, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, are urging Congress to hold off on repealing the ban on openly gay service members until the Defense Department wraps [...]
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Wednesday, April 21, 2010
Six U.S. military veterans chained themselves to the White House fence Tuesday afternoon in protest of the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy that prohibits gays and lesbians from opening serving in the U.S. military. [caption [...]
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Wednesday, March 31, 2010
[caption id="attachment_7609" align="alignleft" width="182" caption="Sheehan"][/caption] A retired U.S. general has apologized for saying that Dutch troops failed to prevent the Srebrenica massacre because openly gay soldiers were included in their UN peace-keeping force. In testimony [...]
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Friday, March 26, 2010
[caption id="attachment_7352" align="alignleft" width="200" caption="Conway"][/caption] The Marine Corps' top officer said Thursday that straight soldiers will not be asked to share rooms on base with openly gay soldiers if the military's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" [...]
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Thursday, March 25, 2010
Defense Secretary Robert Gates announced Thursday that the Pentagon will make it more difficult to discharge openly gay or lesbian members of the military. The changes to the [...]
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Wednesday, March 24, 2010
The Pentagon is expected to announce Thursday that it will relax enforcement of the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy that prevent gay men and lesbians from serving openly in the military, a decision that officials [...]
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