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posted Friday, July 3, 2009 - Volume 37 Issue 27 Time to review policy on gays in U.S. military: PowellReporting by Lesley Wroughton Editing by Sandra Maler Reuters July 5, 2009 WASHINGTON (Reuters) - American attitudes have changed and the "don't ask, don't tell" policy toward gays serving in the U.S. military should be reviewed, former Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman Colin Powell said on Sunday. President Barack Obama favors overturning the policy, which bars gay troops from serving openly in the military. U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates has asked military lawyers to look at ways to make the law more flexible, hailed by gay rights groups as a "seismic political shift". full story: http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090705/pl_nm/us_usa_miltary_gays |
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