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DADT Status: Sen. Armed Services Committee

DADT Status: Sen. Armed Services Committee

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As activists and pro-repeal legislators push for movement on repealing "don't ask, don't tell," The Advocate looks at where each of U.S. Senators who sit on the Senate Armed Services Committee indicate they stand on the issue.

Sen. Carl Levin:Bill Sponsor (D - Michigan)

Sen. Joseph Lieberman:Bill Sponsor (I - Connecticut)

Sen. Jack Reed:Supporter (D - Rhode Island)

Sen. Robert Byrd: Unknown (D - West Virginia)

Sen. Daniel Akaka: Unknown, Possible Supporter (D - Hawaii)

Sen. Bill Nelson:Undecided, Assumed Supporter (D - Florida)

Sen. Ben Nelson:Unknown (D - Nebraska)

Sen. Evan Bayh: Unknown (D- Indiana)

Sen. Jim Webb:Undecided (D - Virginia)

Sen. Claire McCaskill:Supporter (D - Missouri)

Sen. Mark Udall:Supporter (D -Colorado)

Sen. Kay Hagan:Supporter (D - North Carolina)

Sen. Mark Begich:Supporter (D- Alaska)

Sen. Roland Burris: Supporter (D- Illinois)

Sen. Ted Kaufman: Undecided (D- Delaware)

Sen. John McCain:Opponent (R- Arizona)

Sen. Jeff Bingaman: Supporter (D - New Mexico)

Sen. James Inhofe: Undecided, Assumed Opposition (R - Oklahoma)

Sen. Saxby Chambliss:Opponent (R - Georgia)

Sen. Lindsay Graham:Undecided (R - South Carolina)

Sen. John Thune: Undecided (R - South Dakota)

Sen. Roger Wicker: Opponent (R - Mississippi)

Sen. George LeMieux:Undecided (R - Florida)

Sen. Scott Brown:Undecided (R - Massachusetts)

Sen. Richard Burr: Undecided, Assumed Opposition (R - North Carolina)

Sen. Susan Collins:Supporter (R - Maine)

Sen. David Vitter: Undecided, Assumed Opposition (R - Louisiana)
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