A subcommittee in
the U.S. House of Representatives is scheduled to hold
a hearing on the military’s “don’t ask,
don’t tell” policy July 23, reports the
Washington Blade.
A subcommittee in
the U.S. House of Representatives is scheduled to hold
a hearing on the military’s “don’t ask,
don’t tell” policy July 23, reports the
Washington Blade.
The event will be
the first hearing in which lawmakers have evaluated
military policy toward gays since “don’t ask,
don’t tell” was enacted in 1993.
The law prohibits
gays from being open about their sexual orientation
while serving in the armed forces. About 12,600 service
members have been expelled from the military since
1993 as a result of the policy, according to the
Blade.
Among those on
the witness list is former Marine Corps staff sergeant
Eric Alva, who is gay and was the first U.S. soldier wounded
in Operation Iraqi Freedom, and former Air Force
captain Cholene Espinoza, a lesbian. (The
Advocate)
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