Monday, December 20, 2010

'Don't Ask' repealed, but restrictions remain

Retired Navy commander Zoe Dunning, center, celebrates the vote by the U.S. Senate at the LGBT Center in San Francisco, Calif., on Saturday. The Senate agreed on Saturday to do away with the military's 17-year ban on openly gay troops and sent President Barack Obama legislation to overturn the Clinton-era policy known as While President Barack Obama this week is expected to clear the way for gays to serve openly in the military, the new law won't go into effect immediately and unanswered questions remain: How soon will the new policy be implemented, will it be accepted by the troops and could it hamper the military in Afghanistan and Iraq?


Source: msnbc.com: More politics

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