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  • 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' ends

    September 19, 2011 10:16 PM

    BATON ROUGE- The "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy ended at midnight Monday. On Tuesday, the Pentagon starts processing applications for openly gay people who want to serve. Thirteen-thousand servicemen and women have been discharged since 1993 because of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell." The rule has been in place 18 years... more »
  • Obama ends gays in military ban

    July 22, 2011 3:40 PM

    WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama has formally repealed the ban on gays serving openly in the military. Administration officials say Obama on Friday signed a certification ending the 17-year-old "don't ask don't tell" policy. The president took the step, as expected, after meeting in the Oval Office with... more »
  • Obama signs 'don't ask, don't tell' repeal

    December 22, 2010 10:38 AM

    WASHINGTON- President Barack Obama says valor and sacrifice in the armed forces are no longer defined by sexual orientation. Obama spoke Wednesday morning at the Interior Department, where he signed a landmark law ordering America's armed services to let gay men and women serve openly for the first time. Surrounded... more »
  • Obama plans to sign repeal of gay ban Wednesday

    December 20, 2010 12:52 PM

    WASHINGTON - The White House says President Barack Obama plans to sign the repeal of the military's ban on openly gay service members on Wednesday, four days after the Senate voted to abolish the policy. Obama's signature would end the Pentagon's 17-year, "don't-ask, don't tell" policy and fulfill a... more »
  • Senate votes to overturn military gay ban

    December 18, 2010 4:32 PM

    WASHINGTON (AP) - In a landmark for gay rights, the Senate on Saturday voted to let gays serve openly in the military, giving President Barack Obama the chance to fulfill a campaign promise and repeal the 17-year policy known as "don't ask, don't tell." Obama was expected to sign... more »
  • House votes again to lift restrictions on gays

    December 16, 2010 4:15 AM

    WASHINGTON - The Senate will get one last chance to dismantle the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy before going home for the year. The House on Wednesday sent senators legislation that would end the 1993 law that forbids recruiters from asking about sexual orientation and troops from acknowledging that... more »
  • McCain Calls Study on Gays in Military Flawed

    December 2, 2010 10:44 AM

    WASHINGTON - Arizona Republican Sen. John McCain says a new Pentagon study on gays serving openly in the military is flawed and shouldn't be used to leverage a reversal of the "don't ask, don't tell" policy. McCain's statement, given Thursday at a Senate hearing, puts him at odds with Adm.... more »
  • Military recruiters told to accept gay applicants

    October 19, 2010 12:12 PM

    A Pentagon spokeswoman says recruiters have been told that they must accept gay applicants, following a federal court decision striking down the ban on gays serving openly in the military. Spokeswoman Cynthia Smith said Tuesday that top-level guidance has been issued to recruiting commands informing them that the military's "don't... more »
  • Gates to announce senior-level review on gay ban

    February 2, 2010 5:50 AM

    Defense Secretary Robert Gates is expected to announce a yearlong study on allowing gays to openly serve in the military. President Barack Obama called on Congress to repeal the 1993 law, but Democrats have said they want more guidance on how a major upheaval can be avoided if the "don't... more »

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