Don't Ask. Don't Tell policy

Foundation of ¡§Don¡¦t Ask, Don¡¦t Tell¡¨

On January 29, 1993, President Bill Clinton directed Secretary of Defense, Les Aspin, to submit a draft executive order ¡§ending discrimination on basis of sexual orientation in determining who may serve.¡¨ On July 19, 1993, Secretary Aspin announced a new policy for gays in the military, stating that ¡§sexual orientation is considered a personal and private matter¡Kand is not a bar to service entry or continued service unless manifested by homosexual conduct.¡¨ The DoD policy was enacted on November 30, 1993 by Congress ordering the Secretary of Defense to revise the department of defense regulations. On February 28, 1994, after extensive hearings in Congress, the Department of defense instituted its current policy on homosexual conduct in the military. The DoD policy provides that engaging in one or more of the following acts shall be cause of removal from the military:

1. If the member is found to have engaged, attempted to engage, or solicited another to engage in homosexual acts;

2. If the member has stated that he or she is a homosexual or bisexual or words to t

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