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WASHINGTON, Nov. 29 — Marking the 14th anniversary of legislation that allowed gay men and lesbians to serve in the military but only if they kept their orientation secret, 28 retired generals and admirals plan to release a letter on Friday urging Congress to repeal the law.
The president of CNN said yesterday that the cable channel would redouble its efforts to vet the campaign affiliations of questioners at open-forum debates, after a retired brigadier general was permitted Wednesday to ask the Republican presidential candidates about gay men and lesbians in the military without CNN’s knowing that he was listed on an advisory committee of Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton’s campaign.
Reporter Brad Knickerbocker talks about the US military possibly repealing the "don't ask, don't tell" policy towards gays and lesbians.Is the US ready to join Britain, Israel, most NATO nations, and other countries in allowing gay men and lesbians to openly serve in the armed forces?
They fluttered in the crisp morning breeze, 12,000 American flags aligned on the Mall between the Capitol and the White House, looking a bit like a cemetery. Each one stood for a gay man or woman who has been discharged in the fourteen years that the antigay policy known as “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” ( DADT ) has been in place.
About 150 people, many of them veterans, gathered Friday, November 9 to help raise money to support the long-running national campaign aimed at ending the military's anti-gay "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy, which prohibits gays and lesbians from serving openly in the military.read more
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