Eight Republicans joined Democrats to vote for an end to the 1993 'don't ask, don't tell' law banning gay troops from serving openly. ...
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For the past year they have fought tooth-and-nail to keep the "don't ask, don't tell" that forces gay people in the armed forces to conceal their sexuality. ...
The Senate today voted 65 to 31 in favor of the bill to end the "don't ask, don't tell" policy. The bill was approved by the House of Representatives on ...
WASHINGTON -- ASHINGTON -- The Senate voted 65-31 on Saturday to end Don't Ask, Don't Tell, defeating a 17-year policy of banning gay and lesbian service members from serving openly in the military.
The Senate took a big step toward ending the military's ban on openly gay servicemembers today. By a vote of 63 to 33, the Senate voted to end debate on a bill repealing the military's Don't Ask, Don't Tell policy, opening the door for ...
The Senate voted 65 to 31 this afternoon to kill "Don't Ask, Don't Tell," a law that had been used to kick nearly 14000 gay men and women out of the U.S. military since 1993. The measure, which already has passed the House, ...
The Senate gave final approval Saturday to repealing the military s don t ask, don t tell policy on Saturday, delivering gay rights advocates a historic victory and sending legislation long in the making to President Barack Obama for a ...
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By a vote of 65-31, the United States Senate has repealed Don't Ask Don't Tell. This is one more step forward for equal rights in America. Don't Ask Don't Tell Is Hereby Repealed. By a vote of 65-31, the United States Senate has ...
Minutes ago, the Senate achieved cloture on the stand-alone repeal of Don't Ask, Don't Tell, effectively meaning: It's over. We won. Once it became clear this was a done deal, more senators voted in favor that were expected to, ...
ABC News' Matthew Jaffe reports: The push to repeal the military's controversial.
(CNN) -- A Senate vote cleared a key procedural hurdle on the "don't ask, don't tell" repeal and moved the legislation forward for a vote. The Senate will hold a final vote on "don't ask, don't tell" at 3 p.m. ET Saturday.
As expected, the repeal of the Clinton-era "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy banning gays in the military has passed the Senate by a vote of 65-31. President Obama must now sign the bill into law, which he is expected to do. ...