Congress should pass the fiscal year 2011 National Defense Authorization Act and end a policy that hurts our moral authority and national security, write Laura Conley and Alex Rothman.
A wide range of politicians, military leaders, scientists, and clergy support repealing the military’s ban on service by openly gay men and women.
Ruy Teixeira shows that crushing majorities of Americans support ending the ban on allowing openly gay men and women to serve in the military.
Congress takes a major step toward repeal of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” ban on gays and lesbians serving openly in the U.S. Armed Forces, writes Winnie Stachelberg and Josh Rosenthal.
The military loses patriotic men and women every day to this discriminatory policy. Congress and the Pentagon should move forward together on repealing DADT.
We can't wait to repeal “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.” Congress can move forward while the Pentagon decides how to implement the change, write Lawrence Korb and Laura Conley.
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CAP shines a light on mistaken beliefs about repealing the military’s ban on open service by gays and lesbians.
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Lawrence J. Korb discusses why "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" should be repealed, how other countries have repealed their bans, and what the United States would have to do to repeal its ban.
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Report from Lawrence J. Korb, Sean E. Duggan, and Laura Conley analyzes the critical areas where military rules must change to effectively implement a repeal of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell."
Louis Caldera and Christopher Contreras outline why we need to end the military's ban on service by openly gay men and women.
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Jeff Krehely discusses why need to repeal "Don't Ask Don't Tell" and how the federal government can do it.
A look at “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” discharge breakdowns by Josh Rosenthal and Christopher Contreras shows that LGBT women and people of color are disproportionately affected by the ban.
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New CAP poll shows majority of voters support ending the ban on openly gay men and lesbians serving in the military, write Jeff Krehely and Ruy Teixeira.
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Center for American Progress experts discuss President Obama's State of the Union address.
Sean Duggan lauds Obama's remarks on "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" and says we cannot afford to keep talented and patriotic men and women from serving their country in the military.