Dec. 18, 2010— -- The campaign to repeal "don't ask, don't tell," which bars gays and lesbians from serving openly in the U.S. military, gained a historic victory today with the Senate voting ...

Judy Woodruff speaks with Bernard Rostker of the RAND Corporation and Tammy Schultz of the Marine Corps War College about how the repeal of the long-standing "don't ask, don't tell" policy banning ...

Dec. 22, 2010— -- President Obama signed into law a repeal of the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy Wednesday, fulfilling a campaign promise and marking a historic step forward for ...

Independent Connecticut Sen. Joe Lieberman said Friday that he is "confident" that there are now enough votes in the Senate to repeal the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy and send a ...

‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ Repeal Moves Forward Gay Men and Women Will Serve Openly This Year. Crosby Burns and Jeff Krehely discuss the next steps in the implementation of DADT repeal.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: (202) 675-2312; [email protected] WASHINGTON – The repeal of the discriminatory military policy of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” has been fully certified today by Defense ...

LOS ANGELES -- The first academic study of the effects of repealing “Don't Ask, Don’t Tell” (DADT) has found that the new policy allowing openly gay service members has had no overall ...

We now know that a repeal of "don't ask, don't tell" will be inserted into the defense authorization bill, which will be due for a vote in late June or early July. That step was a huge victory, but ...

In the wake of a Senate vote not to advance the Defense Authorization Bill, the current iteration of which included an amendment that would have repealed "don't ask, don't tell," the 17-year-old ban ...

AP Updated at 1:05 p.m. ET. The Senate today overcame a Republican-led filibuster to move forward with consideration of a repeal of "don't ask, don't tell," essentially ensuring that the 17-year ...

And don't ask, don't tell has resulted in 14,000 people in our military being tossed out over the last 17 years, not because they were inadequate soldiers, not because they violated the military ...

The “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” law went into effect in 1993. It allowed gay and lesbian personnel to serve in the military as long as they were not open about their sexual orientation.