National Security

"Don't Ask, Don't Tell" Dying

By Mark Thompson | @MarkThompson_DC | December 18, 2010 | +

The Senate has voted 63 to 33 against a filibuster designed to thwart repealing “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.” The law still lives, but only by a thread. After 17 years, it is expected to die tomorrow this afternoon in a final Senate vote, and clear the way for openly gay men and women to serve their country in uniform for the first time in history.

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  • newfreedomblog

    One way to truly get rid of a dead horse is to beat it to death. Liberals have finally beaten this horse to death. Now we can bury it. RIP DADT.

  • carotexas1

    Mark I think the vote will be at three this afternoon, with an agreement with the Republicans.

  • Mark Thompson

    Yea….funny how it has taken forever to get to the endgame, which now seems to be happening at the speed of light.

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