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  • U.S. Military’s top brass ready to repeal ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’

    The nation’s top military officer said Tuesday that he supported allowing gays to openly serve in the U.S. armed forces, invoking the words of President Obama in calling it “the right thing to do”. Appearing before the Senate Armed Services Committee, Adm. Michael Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff added a powerful and […]

  • Gates to meet with Congress Tuesday on ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ repeal

    Defense Secretary Robert Gates will unveil the Pentagon’s plan to prepare for repealing the controversial “don’t ask, don’t tell” law regarding gay soldiers at a committee hearing Tuesday, according to CNN. “The Defense Department leadership is actively working on an implementation plan and the secretary will have more to say about this next week,” Pentagon […]

  • Obama calls for repeal of ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ in State of the Union address

    President Obama in his State of the Union address tonight asked the United States Congress to repeal the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy that prohibits openly gay service men and women in the military. Obama, who made repeal of the ban a campaign pledge, has long said that in a time of war the military […]

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  • Senate committee postpones hearings on ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’

    A planned November hearing by the U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee to consider ending a ban on gays serving openly in the U.S. military will be postponed, a spokeswoman indicated Friday. “We do not have a date” for the hearing, said the aide, Tara Andringa. Committee staff have been working on Afghanistan issues ahead of […]

  • ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ repeal may be attached to 2011 defense budget

    The effort to repeal “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” will likely come next year as an amendment to the Defense Department spending bill, rather than through a standalone bill, according to gay Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.), reports the Washington Blade. Frank said in an interview with the Blade that repealing the 1993 law barring gays from […]

  • Navy petty officer faces punishment over anti-gay abuse and hazing

    Senior Navy leaders handed a career-ending letter of censure Wednesday to the chief who oversaw the prolonged hazing and sexual taunting of members of a Navy dog-handling unit in Bahrain. Senior Chief Petty Officer Michael Toussaint was returned from an overseas assignment and will be reassigned to administrative duties at a base in Virginia until […]

  • Navy reviewing case of alleged abuse of gay sailor

    Navy reviewing case of alleged abuse of gay sailor

    The U.S. Navy is reviewing its investigation of hazing and abuse of a gay sailor and others in a military canine unit in Bahrain in 2005 and 2006, the Associated Press reports. Joseph Rocha says he was diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder related to the abuse. The hazing allegedly occurred while he served with military […]

  • NY Senator takes action against ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’

    NY Senator takes action against ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’

    Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) on Monday cemented her stand on the military’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy on gays, announcing a hearing to repeal what she called “an unfair, outdated measure that violates the civil rights of some of our bravest,” and prompting the Senate Armed Services Committee to hold a hearing this fall. Gillibrand’s […]