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Colin Powell Now Says Gays Should Serve Openly

By Andrea StoneFeb 3rd 2010 – 3:59PM
Abaca Press / MCT

Abaca Press / MCT

WASHINGTON (Feb. 3) -- Colin Powell, who as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff in the 1990s led the opposition to letting gays serve openly in the military, said today he had changed his mind. "In the almost 17 years since the 'don't ask, don't tell' legislation was passed, attitudes and circumstances have changed,"...

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