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Article: Ask, tell, whatever? Gays-in-the-military comes up again.
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- National Review
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- April 16, 2007
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FOR the first time since the 2000 presidential campaign, the issue of homosexuals' serving openly in the military has moved to center stage. Encouraged by polls purporting to show that pubic opinion, both civilian and military, is now more receptive to the idea, Rep. Martin Meehan (D., Mass.), chairman of the relevant subcommittee, has revived his 2005 bill that would repeal the Clinton-era policy of "don't ask, don't tell" (DADT). DADT prohibits military commanders from asking about a person's sexual orientation and allows homosexuals to serve if they keep their sexual orientation private and don't engage in homosexual acts. Meehan's bill would replace DADT with "a ...