Don't ask, don't tell
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"Don't ask, don't tell" was the official United States policy on military service of homosexual people for a period of over 17 years, starting in the mid-1990s. Instituted during the presidency of Bil
Dignity and Respect, the U.S. Army's 2001 training guide on the homosexual conduct policy, gave official guidelines on what can be considered credible information of someone's homosexuality or bisexuality.
General Norton A. Schwartz, chief of staff of the United States Air Force, testifies on the repeal of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" before the Senate Armed Services Committee on December 3, 2010.
President Obama meeting in the Oval Office with Secretary Gates, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the Commandant of the Coast Guard on the eve of the publication of a DoD report on the repeal of DADT
Obama signs the Don't Ask, Don't Tell Repeal Act of 2010.
Les Aspin
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Leslie Aspin Jr. was an American Democratic Party politician and economist who served as the U.S. representative for Wisconsin's 1st congressional district from 1971 to 1993 and as the 18th United Sta
Official portrait, c. 1993–1994
Les Aspin and President Clinton in at Admiral's Landing as they prepare to visit the USS Arizona Memorial (July 1993)
Aspin speaking aboard USS Theodore Roosevelt in 1993
Aspin shakes hands with Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin in 1993