Pentagon surveys troops on DADT (again)

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N.B. Correct 'valient' to 'valiant'.

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At last a judge and the ACLU get it and make it right !

Washington Post article

Judge orders military to reinstate gay nurse
By Robert Barnes
Saturday, September 25, 2010

A federal judge on Friday ordered the reinstatement of an Air Force nurse discharged from the military
under the "don't ask, don't tell" policy that forbids openly gay service members.

U.S. District Judge Ronald B. Leighton told a packed Tacoma, Wash., courtroom
that evidence at a six-day trial showed that former Air Force Reserve Maj. Margaret Witt
was an "exemplary officer" who should be "reinstated at the earliest possible moment."

Witt was represented by the American Civil Liberties Union,
which said the ruling was the first time a judge had ordered a reinstatement
of a service member discharged under "don't ask, don't tell."

Democrats in the Senate this week moved to repeal the law
but were stopped by a Republican bloc that would not allow the measure to come to a vote.

A majority in the Senate supports the repeal.
The House has approved such a measure.