Study suggests DADT policy repeal matters little to military personnel

A Pentagon research was commissioned months ago to gauge what armed forces employees thought about a possible repeal of the Don’t Ask Don’t Tell policy. The study suggests most military members Don’t think it will hurt much. Members of the armed services think that a Don’t Ask Don’t Tell repeal wouldn’t have much impact if any. The repeal of the policy does face some opposition. However, the majority of Americans seem to be in favor of doing away with the policy.

Research says service employees Don’t ask, tell or care

The "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy is one that personal within the service don't even care about. This was shown in a research done by Secretary of Defense Robert Gates. It seems like the government has been fairly bad about leaked documents lately. Of course, it made Gates upset to find out that his research results were released by the Washington Post. About 70 percent of those who responded said there wouldn't be any change in the military if the Don’t Ask Don’t Tell repeal went through. There were 150,00 spouses of military employees and 400,000 service members that got the survey. It did not have much of a response. Only 30 percent did respond.

the Don’t Ask Don’t Tell repeal supported by America

Polls and surveys from the last few years have been indicating that more Americans are for the repeal of the DADT policy. The repeal of Don’t Ask Don’t Tell is something a CNN poll showed 70 percent of America wanted and a Pew Research poll said 58 percent of Americans want. This is reported by CNN. The opinion within the country may be different though thinking about the polls and surveys really can only accurately say something about those who responded to it. It seems like people don't want the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy anymore. They want it to be appealed.

Soon coming to a decision

This problem will likely be resolved in the next legislative session. Whether or not homosexuals would be allowed to serve and the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy was hotly debated. For years it was known that one could possibly be discharged for being homosexual. An order came from President Truman when the military was segregated too. Racial discrimination was ended within the military then.

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ABC News

abcnews.go.com/Politics/pentagon-release-review/story?id=12270535&page=1

CNN

cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/11/30/military.gay.policy/index.html?hpt=T1