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"Don't Ask, Don't Tell" Repeal Threatened by Controversial Jet Engine Program

June 1, 2010 - by Donny Shaw

Last week, the House of Representatives and a key Senate committee cast historic votes in favor of repealing "don't ask, don't tell" and allowing gay men and women to serve openly in the military. The repeal is included in the Fiscal Year 2011 Defense Department Authorization bill, which contains funding levels and policy directives that the military must follow. The Obama Administration supports Congress's actions on repealing "Don't Ask, Don't Tell," but they are dead set against another item that some members of Congress want to have included in the authorization bill, and if it is, the Administration says they will veto the whole bill, including the "don't ask, don't tell" repeal.

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t Ask Don Scott Brown John McCain Susan Collins Jim Webb Dont Tell Department of Defense General Motors Rolls Royce Lockheed Martin Chellie Pingree Adam Smith
 

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