Panel of ex-military officers calls for end of gay-excluding policy
”Everyone was living a big lie — the homosexuals were trying to hide their sexual orientation and the commanders were looking the other way because they didn’t want to disrupt operations by trying to enforce the law.”
Navy Vice Adm. Jack Shanahan, a military veteran of 35 years, and a member of study panel that has called for an end to ”Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy that excludes gays and lesbians from serving in the military. (Marine Corps Times)
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