"Don't Ask, Don't Tell"                 (Arana, 57)

"Don't ask, don't tell" provided the relief of a deadline extended. It made the subject taboo, which meant fewer questions.

Defending Our Country               (Arana, 54)

Dan was a West Point graduate, a fluent arabic speaker, a combat veteran, he was the kind of soldier the military should have been promoting instead of kicking out.

"Dont ask, don't tell"                   (Prakash, 89)

Bill Clinton initiated a ban on homosexuals joining the military in 1992.

"Don't ask, don't tell"                      (Prakash, 89)

Clinton believed that it could easily be repealled by executive order, but it was much more difficult than he thought.

"Don't ask, don't tell"                      (Prakash, 89)

In 1993, Clinton "lifted" the ban, and made it so that homosexuals could serve in secrecy.

"Don't ask, don't tell"                      (Prakash, 90)

Since 1993, 12,500 servicemembers have been discharged for being open about their sexuality.

"Don't ask, don't tell"                      (Prakash, 91)

The people who believe that being gay is a choice were irate about the lifting of the ban.

"Don't ask, don't tell"                      (Prakash, 91)

Courts have protected immutable characteristics, and Americans writ large are demonstrably more accepting of characteristics that an individual cannot change.

"Don't ask, don't tell"                      (Prakash, 93)

"in a survey from Australia, Canada, Israel, and the UK, it was found that the decision to lift the ban had no impact on military performance

"Don't ask, don't tell"                                                  (Prakash, 94)

the 1993 'Don't ask, don't tell" law was a compromise reached after much emotional debate based on religion, morality, ethics, psychological rationale, and military necessity.

Don't ask, don't tell                                (Friel, 3)

Some republicans believed that they would lose their seat if they support the repeal of the "don't ask, don't tell" policy.

Defend our country                           (Friel, 3)

78% of American's thought that openly gay people should be allowed to serve in 2010

Defend our country                           (Friel, 3)

In 1994, only 52% of American's believed that gay men should be able to serve openly.

Serving our country                         (Prakash, 92)

Commanders are supposed to know everything about their troops which made the DADT difficult for them.

Discrimination                                 (Prakash, 92)

23% of army men believed that there was a homosexual man was in their unit.

DADT                                               (Arana, 60)

It's impossible to know how many suicides, nervous breakdowns, or even outbursts "don't ask, don't tell" is responsible for--the policy itself precluded the answer from being known.

Serving our country                      (Mora, 1)

survey conducted by the Pentagon showed that overturning the ban would be disruptive to combat forces on the ground in Afghanistan.

Discrimination                                      (Mora, 1)

“Approximately 45 percent of Marines surveyed view the repeal negatively regarding unit effectiveness, unit readiness, and cohesion.”

Discrimination                                      (Mora, 1)

“Implementation of the repeal of ‘Don’t Ask Don’t Tell’ would be a major cultural and policy change in the middle of a war,” 

Discrimination                                      (Mora, 1)

The Pentagon survey “clearly states that over 40 percent of our combat arms soldiers believe that the presence of a gay service member in their unit would have a negative impact on the unit’s effectiveness, on the trust that the soldiers feel for each other and on their morale,”

Discrimination                                      (Mora, 1)

the repeal of the law “in the near term will 1) add another level of stress to an already stretched force; 2) be more difficult in combat arms units; and 3) be more difficult for the Army than the report suggests.”

Discrimination                                      (Mora, 1)

“Of particular concern to me is that roughly 56 percent of combat arms Marines voiced negative concerns. Negative benchmarks for combat arms Marines ranged between 66 percent for unit effectiveness and 58 percent for cohesion.”