Dont Ask Dont Tell

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December 9, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - The vote ends months of political wrangling on the bill and makes congressional action on the repeal…
December 4, 2010
OPINION - Heterosexual couples are rewarded by the U.S. military with higher incomes, better housing benefits and food subsidies. None…
December 2, 2010
theGRIO REPORT - Who a person slept with, and how they lived became a cause of critique in the black…
September 9, 2010
RIVERSIDE, California (AP) - The U.S. House voted in May to repeal the policy, and the Senate is expected to…
July 14, 2010
OPINION - Military commanders taking temperature readings on social issues is potentially dangerous...
June 4, 2010
VIDEO - If the military does adapt its facilities and policies to accommodate gay soldiers -- is there a possibility…
June 1, 2010
OPINION - The military is an institution built upon uniformity, integrity, equality and singularity of mindset. How then will it…
May 27, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - The House vote came just hours after the Senate Armed Services Committee took the same course and…
May 27, 2010
In 2008, 45 percent of troops discharged under 'Don't ask, don't tell' were minorities, while minorities made up only 30…
May 27, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - The legislation would give the military as much time as it wants before lifting the ban...
May 26, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - The prediction came after several lawmakers on the panel signaled their support, including Sen. Ben Nelson, a…
May 25, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - A White House-approved proposal to repeal the ban against gays serving openly in the military is expected…
March 25, 2010
OPINION - By encouraging gays to lie about who they are, the U.S. military can continue to deny the truth…
March 14, 2010
OMAHA, Nebraska (AP) - Jene Newsome played by the rules as an Air Force sergeant: She never told anyone in…
February 3, 2010
Gen. Colin L. Powell, who as the nation's top military officer in the 1990s opposed allowing gays and lesbians to…
February 1, 2010
TheGrio's 100 - Anthony Woods attracted national attention as an openly gay, two-tour Iraq war veteran running for Congress in…
January 29, 2010
OPINION - The public face of the dismissed gay soldier is often white and male, but they're statistically more likely…