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Washington Blade: What a difference 15 years makes
Activists who participated in the 1993 congressional hearings on “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” and saw last week’s testimony on the policy, say they noticed stark differences in rhetoric and tone between the two hearings. ...Read More
Bay Windows: ’Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ in the crosshairs
Fifteen years after the enactment of "Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell" Congress held its first hearing on the policy July 23, but advocates do not expect any immediate success in repealing the anti-gay policy. Massachusetts Congresswoman Niki Tsongas, who serves on the House Armed Services Committee’s Personnel Subcommittee, which held the hearing, said that any serious effort to end the policy would likely take place under the next administration. ...Read More
Gay Wired: Proudly Out: Serving in Silence No Longer
Something extraordinary happening last Wednesday on Capitol Hill—the House Armed Services Committee’s Military Personnel Subcommittee held the first hearing in 15 years on the military’s Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell policy. ...Read More
New Statesman: Gay in the Armed Forces
Gay men and women now serve with pride and distinction alongside their heterosexual colleagues at the front line of operations worldwide - no longer having to hide. Craig Jones on the battle he fought for equality ...Read More
Edge Dallas: In advance of historic hearing, ’Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,’ opponents stress patience on r
In a conference call held in advance of the first-ever congressional hearing on "Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell," Rep. Ellen Tauscher (D-Calif.), the lead sponsor of a bill to repeal the law, stressed a need to not focus so much on passing the bill right away, but rather on expanding information and exposure on the topic while also opening up the debate. ...Read More
Army Times: Congress debates ‘don’t ask’
The first congressional hearing on the so-called “don’t ask, don’t tell” law since its enactment 15 years ago was held Thursday, with former members of the military testifying on both sides of the issue. ...Read More
Washington Blade: House committee hosts hearing on ‘Don’t Ask’
A congressional hearing on the U.S. military’s “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy turned into a small battle zone Wednesday as opponents of the policy in Congress harangued its defenders with harsh questioning. ...Read More
Hartford Courant: Shays Gets Into Homosexuality-in-Military Clash
Rep. Chris Shays, Connecticut's lone Republican member of the congressional delegation, got some press yesterday for leaping into the debate over gay men and women serving in the military. At a hearing of the House armed-services subcommittee on personnel (examining the effectiveness of the Don't Ask, Don't Tell policy for the first time in years) Shays apparently lit into a woman who argued against allowing openly gay people into the military. ...Read More
UPI: U.S. panel visits ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’
A U.S. House of Representatives panel is examining the "don't ask, don't tell" policy that bars openly gay and lesbian people from serving in the U.S. military. ...Read More
The Bulletin: Congress Hears Testimony To Lift ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’
A House Armed Services subcommittee heard testimony yesterday in support of ending the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy, which bans openly gay and lesbian individuals from serving in any branch military. This is the first congressional hearing to be convened on this issue since the policy was enacted 15 years ago. ...Read More
