Sue Felton

SPARTA

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President of SPARTA, an association of LGBT service members, she graduated from West Point in the first class to admit women (in 1980) and served in the Army for five years before being honorably discharged as a Captain

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"Don't Ask, Don't Tell" was repealed four years ago.  This Tuesday, Defense Secretary Ashton  Carter extended the full range of discrimination protections to gays and lesbians .

The Armed Forces and Gender Identity

"Don't Ask, Don't Tell" was repealed four years ago.  This Tuesday, Defense Secretary Ashton Carter extended the full range of discrimination protections to gays and lesbians .

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