Well, it looks like Congress begins delving into the issue of Don't Ask, Don't Tell and it is about time. However, I think the Obama Administration has made a huge error in judgement in taking on the issue in 2010 with the mid-term elections. It will probably be almost immpossible to pass it and I suspect, at best, we might get a watered down version of it from the military.
Since 1993, it is estimated that 13,000 gay men and women have been thrown out of the military under Don't Ask, Don't Tell.
But I think there is one group of gay men and women who have been tossed out on their backsides that I find the most irritating. And that group consists of those men and women who are foreign language translators, particulalry those who speak Arabic, Farsi, Hindi, etc.
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