Pentagon to look at how to end 'don't ask, don't tell'

Posted: Feb 2, 2010 6:55 PM

WASHINGTON (AP) -- As the Pentagon launches a year-long study on
how the "don't ask, don't tell" policy can be repealed without a
major upheaval, that idea isn't sitting well with one Republican
senator.
At a hearing today, John McCain of Arizona told Defense
Secretary Robert Gates that the policy on gays has been an
"effective" one, even if it hasn't been "ideal." And he said
that by determining how to end it, the Pentagon is taking
responsibility from Congress, which put the policy into law.
At today's hearing, the military's top uniformed officer -- Adm.
Mike Mullen, who heads the Joint Chiefs of Staff -- made a plea for
allowing gays to serve openly.
He said it's wrong to force people to "lie about who they are
in order to defend their fellow citizens."

 

 

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