"It is my personal belief that allowing gays and lesbians to serve openly would be the right thing to do. … I cannot escape being troubled in the fact that we have in place a policy that forces young men and women to lie about who they are in order to defend their fellow citizens. For me, personally, it comes down to integrity. Theirs as individuals and ours as an institution."
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Don't ask, don't tell
Don't ask, don't tell (DADT) was the common term for the policy restricting the United States military from efforts to discover or reveal closeted gay, lesbian, and [[w:bisexual|bis
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