GLBT - November 11th, 2009

About November 11th, 2009

DADT likely to be repealed in next defense bill. 04:41 pm
[info]mercurychaos
Repealing “don’t ask, don’t tell” will likely be included as part of next year’s Department of Defense authorization bill in both chambers of Congress, Congressman Barney Frank, a Massachusetts Democrat, said Wednesday.

“Military issues are always done as part of the overall authorization bill,” Frank said, insisting that this has been the strategy for overturning the policy all along. “'Don’t ask, don’t tell' was always going to be part of the military authorization.”

Frank said he has been in direct communication with the White House, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s office, and other congressional leaders about the strategy for ending the 1993 ban on gays serving openly in the military.

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Source: The Advocate (I know the article is confusingly titled, but I think they mean a repeal of DADT.)
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