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By Lauren Frayer - AOL News(July 23) -- One of the most prominent voices against the U.S. military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy, who came out on national TV last year and was arrested in March for handcuffing himself to the White House fence, has now been discharged from the Army because he is gay. Lt. Dan Choi is a 2003 West Point graduate who is fluent in Arabic and served two tours in Iraq as an infantry platoon leader. Since returning from deployment, he's become one of the most vocal critics of the military's policy that bars anyone from serving in uniform if they are openly gay. Choi, 29, revealed his ...
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By Tommy Christopher - Politics DailyI had been planning to write this anyway, but after seeing Lee Stranahan's video "Segregation" I wanted to wait to see if I could get a comment from the White House on this first. ...
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