other western countries have ended their "don't ask, don't tell" policies.
other western countries have ended their "don't ask, don't tell" policies.
carl levin
the full name of the policy at the time was "don't ask, don't tell, don't pursue".  the "don't ask" provision mandated that military or appointed officials will not ask  about or require members to reveal their sexual orientation. the "don't tell"  stated that a member may be discharged for claiming to be a homosexual or  bisexual ...
tell' man.”). since the enactment of don't ask don't tell, over. 12,300 service  members have been discharged under this policy, a rate of about 2 being booted  out of ... in its own words, “it was deemed insignificant.”4 as conserva- tive  senator barry goldwater once put it, “you don't need to be straight to fight for  your country.
sep 20, 2012 ... our conclusion is that ending the policy “has had no negative impact on overall  military readiness or its component parts: unit cohesion, recruitment, ... we  surveyed 200 active-duty troops before and after repeal of “don't ask, don't tell”  about cohesion in their units, and analyzed data from two other surveys.
the announcement by defense secretary ashton carter is part of a fundamental  shift in the straight-laced, male-dominated u.s. military, which in 2011 ended  discrimination against gays ... “our mission is to defend this country, and we don't . ... the repeal of "don't ask, don't tell" may have ended the ban on openly gay  and.
at fort campbell, buzz bissinger investigates the catch-22 of clinton's “don't ask , don't tell” military policy. ... over the next hour, fisher and the other soldier,  calvin neal glover, will make their own contribution to that history. but their  legacy will .... the countries make no distinction between who is gay and who is  not gay.