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12 May 2011
US House panel attempts to delay lifting of military gay ban 18 A US House panel has approved a defence bill which contains a clause to delay the lifting of the ban on openly gay soldiers.
26 January 2011
Obama: Gays will serve openly in the military this year 3 US President Barack Obama mentioned the military gay ban in his State of the Union address yesterday.
7 December 2010
US defence secretary says gay military ban unlikely to be lifted this year 4 US defence secretary Robert Gates says he doubts that the ban on out gay troops will be lifted before the end of the year.
30 November 2010
Pentagon report says ban on out gay soldiers can be lifted safely 10 A Pentagon report says that the ban on out gay troops in the US military can be lifted safely without too much disruption.
23 November 2010
Pentagon: No gay soldiers fired this month 2 No US troops have been fired for being gay in the last month, the Pentagon has said.
22 October 2010
Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell under tighter controls 3 The US military's ban on out gay soldiers has come back into force with some changes.
22 February 2010
Openly gay soldiers ‘won’t cause disruption’ 4 A new study of militaries around the world has found that changing policy to allow gay soldiers to serve does not cause disruption.
4 February 2010
Colin Powell says Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell should be repealed 14 Former US secretary of state and joint chiefs of staff chairman Colin Powell has said he thinks the military gay ban should be repealed.
2 February 2010
Top US military commander says gay ban must be lifted 3 The highest-ranking uniformed officer in the US military has said he believes the ban on gays serving openly must be lifted.
2 February 2010
Pentagon to begin year-long review to repeal military gay ban 10 US defence secretary Robert Gates is expected to confirm today (Tuesday) Pentagon plans to begin rolling back the ban on gays and lesbians serving openly in the military.
1 February 2010
Repealing military gay ban a priority for Obama in 2010 6 US president Barack Obama will treat repealing Don't Ask, Don't Tell as a priority this year, it has been reported.

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