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Obama Calls for End of DADT This Year

Posted by Iowa Civil Rights Commission on January 28, 2010 at 12:23 PM

This year, I will work with Congress and our military to finally repeal the law that denies gay Americans the right to serve the country they love because of who they are," said President Barack Obama in last night's State of the Union address. "It's the right thing to do." Since the enactment of "don't ask, don't tell" (DADT) in December 1993, the military has discharged about 13,000 men and women, according to Servicemembers Legal Defense Network (SLDN).

 

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Categories: Obama, LGBT, Military

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