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07.27.2009 8:00 am

Is it time to end ‘Don’t ask, don’t tell?’

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

For 16 years, the policy of our nation when it comes to gays in the military has been “Don’t ask, don’t tell.”

And for 16 years, that policy has done little to satisfy people on any side of the arguments about whether gays and lesbians should be allowed to serve in the U.S. armed forces.

Now, a veteran of the Iraq war turned Pennsylvania congressman is pushing to end that policy and allow gays to serve in the military without concealing their sexual orientation.

Since President Barack Obama took office, 287 gays have been discharged from the military under the policy that…

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