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Lesson Plan: Don't Ask, Don't Tell

Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! Secretary of Defense Les Aspin described the new "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" (DADT) policy to the Senate Armed Services Committee. The previous day, ...
CNN

More than 800 service members ejected from US military under ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ receive honorable discharges

More than 800 records of service members who were kicked out of the military under the “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy were recently upgraded to receive honorable discharges, Defense Secretary Lloyd ...
Center for American Progress

Issue Pulse: Repeal “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”

A wide range of politicians, military leaders, scientists, and clergy support repealing the military’s ban on service by openly gay men and women. The House of Representatives voted last month to ...
Task & Purpose

Fears about ending Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell in the military were baseless and overblown, Pentagon finds

It’s been 11 years since Don’t Ask Don’t Tell was repealed. At the time it was done away with, there were heavy arguments about letting LGBTQ Americans openly serve in the armed forces. Those debates ...
NPR

Pentagon to give honorable discharges to some kicked out from 'don't ask, don't tell'

WASHINGTON — The Pentagon announced Tuesday that more than 800 military personnel have seen their service records upgraded to honorable discharges after previously being kicked out of the military ...