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Harvard, Navy to Sign Agreement on ROTC Return

BOSTON - The Reserve Officer Training Corps' four-decade exile from Harvard University campus ends Friday with an agreement that was spurred by a congressional vote allowing gays to serve openly in the military. Harvard President Drew Gilpin Faust and Navy Secretary Ray Mabus are scheduled to sign an agreement Friday that...

Piece by Piece, Obama Undoing President Bill Clinton's Actions

ANALYSIS WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration's stunning announcement that it now considers the Defense of Marriage Act indefensible because it discriminates against gay couples was more than a sign of the times. It was yet one more reason Barack Obama is the un-Bill Clinton. From gay rights to Wall Street reform,...

Top Marine Says DADT Repeal Won't Lead to Exodus in Force

WASHINGTON -- The Marine Corps commandant who once said openly gay service members would be a dangerous "distraction" and was among the most outspoken opponents of repealing the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy said today he does not expect to lose troops over the change. "I haven't had any indication yet at all,...

Pentagon Outlines Plans to Implement 'Don't Ask' Repeal

WASHINGTON -- The Pentagon, releasing the first details of its plan to implement a new law that will allow gays to serve openly in the military, said today it could begin training troops in February and could be certifiably ready to drop the "don't ask, don't tell" policy by the end of 2011. Defense Secretary Robert Gates...

Joe Lieberman to Retire: Instant Reactions

So long, Joe. Connecticut Sen. Joe Lieberman will announce Wednesday that he will not seek re-election in 2012, according to a source close to the senator. The Democrat-turned-independent has served four terms in the Senate and was the Democratic nominee for vice president in 2000. Four years later, while running...

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THE HUFFINGTON POST

Don't Ask Don't Tell

After a day of reflection we look forward, to the future.

Background on dont ask dont tell

Don't Ask Don't Tell is a 2001 parody movie directed by Doug Miles and written by famed gay screen writer Tex Hauser. The 2002 winner of the Boston Underground Film Festival (BUFF) Bachus Award, The Neuchatel Sci-Fi Fest Audience Choice Award, and much critical acclaim for its razor sharp, if quite demented social satire, it was created by taking an old sci-fi movie — Killers from Space — overdubbing the soundtrack with humorous dialogue, and adding some new scenes, essentially turning it into an entirely different movie. The plot involves alien invaders with a machine that turns straight people gay.

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