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Harvard, Navy to Sign Agreement on ROTC Return
By not in system - AOL NewsBOSTON - The Reserve Officer Training Corps' four-decade exile from Harvard University campus ends Friday with an agreement that was spurred by a congressional vote allowing gays to serve openly in the military. Harvard President Drew Gilpin Faust and Navy Secretary Ray Mabus are scheduled to sign an agreement Friday that will establish the Naval ROTC's formal presence on campus for the first time since the Vietnam War era, the university announced Thursday. ROTC first exited amid anti-war sentiment, and the school lately kept it off campus and stopped funding the program because of the ...
DADT Repeal: What Will -- And Likely Won't -- Happen
By Andrea Stone - AOL NewsWASHINGTON -- Now that President Barack Obama has signed the repeal of the Pentagon's "don't ask, don't tell" policy, what happens next? Here is what will -- and what some predict will -- take place as the military lifts the ban on open military service by gays and lesbians. Definitely Will Happen: Nothing immediately. DADT remains in effect until 60 days after Obama and military leaders certify they have a plan of action to ensure a smooth transition. That could take months. Implementation. Changes to policies, the Uniformed Code of Military Justice, personnel benefits and other areas ...
End of Military Gay Ban Is Pivotal Moment in History
By Andrea Stone - AOL NewsWASHINGTON (Dec. 18) -- The Senate's 65-31 vote to end the ban on gays and lesbians serving openly in the military was more than historic. It was a long time coming. But for the men and women whose lives and careers were touched for so many years by the ban, it was mostly personal. For Grethe Cammermeyer, the Vietnam combat nurse who came out as a lesbian in 1989 and whose struggle to stay in the military made her famous, the Senate vote brought tears. It's "the relief of finally seeing that we can serve with dignity and with integrity and that people no longer have to lie," she said. For ...
Senate to Decide Fate of DREAM Act, 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' Today
By not in system - AOL NewsAfter months of fits and starts, the Senate will vote Saturday on two controversial measures for the last time in the 111th Congress -- the DREAM Act and a bill repealing "Don't ask, Don't tell," the ban against gays serving openly in the military. ...
Joint Chiefs Split on 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' Repeal
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(Dec. 3) - As expected, the Marine Corps commandant, Gen. James Amos, recommended against repeal of the ban on gays serving openly in the armed forces. ...
McCain: 'Don't Ask' Repeal May Cause Troop Exodus
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WASHINGTON (Dec. 2) -- Senate Republicans, led by Arizona's John McCain, today raised the specter of a mass exodus of offended troops if gays are allowed to serve openly in the military. In a preview of a debate McCain hopes to keep from reaching the Senate floor for a vote this month, opponents vehemently rejected a 10-month Pentagon study that found there would be minimal disruption in the ranks if Congress repealed the "don't ask, don't tell" policy. At a hearing of the Senate Armed Services Committee, they told Pentagon leaders they did not take seriously enough resistance from Army and ...
Devil's in Details of 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' Repeal
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WASHINGTON (Nov. 30) -- The results are in. The Pentagon says repealing the military's ban on openly gay troops will be no big deal to implement. Now to the details. The Pentagon report includes 21 pages of recommendations on everything from bathing and sleeping arrangements to who is entitled to be notified as next of kin. Defense Secretary Robert Gates urged the Senate to repeal the law this year so that the Pentagon can get started. He said President Barack Obama "will be watching very closely that we don't dawdle or try to slow-roll this." Speaking 17 years to the day after President ...
Pentagon Study Dismisses Risk of Openly Gay Troops
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WASHINGTON (Nov. 30) -- The Pentagon's study on gays in the military has determined that overturning the "don't ask, don't tell" ban on serving openly might cause some disruption at first but would not create widespread or long-lasting problems. The study provides ammunition to congressional Democrats struggling to overturn the law. But even with the release of Tuesday's report, there is no indication they can overcome fierce Republican objections with just a few weeks left in this year's postelection congressional session. Still, Defense Secretary Robert Gates and the chairman of the Joint ...
Supreme Court Lets 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' Stand
By Hugh Collins - AOL News
(Nov. 12) -- The Supreme Court ruled that the United States can continue to enforce the "don't ask, don't tell" policy that requires gays in the military to keep their sexual orientation private. The court denied a request from a gay rights group, the Log Cabin Republicans, that asked the court to intervene in the law's enforcement, according to The Associated Press. The court did not comment on the case. A federal judge ruled last month that the policy violated the rights of gay Americans and issued an injunction that bars the Pentagon from enforcing it. Still, the San Francisco appeals ...
Gay Vets Seek to Re-Enlist in Military
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(Oct. 20) -- "I passed." That's what gay Iraq war veteran Dan Choi announced today on his Twitter page after taking the skills test to re-enlist in the Army. Choi, who came out on national TV and then handcuffed himself to the White House fence to protest the "don't ask, don't tell" policy, is one of at least three gay veterans seeking to re-enlist. Last month, a federal judge issued an injunction suspending enforcement of the law that bars anyone from serving in uniform if they're openly gay. On Tuesday, recruiters for the U.S. military were told to begin accepting applications from openly ...
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