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'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' Comes Out of the Closet
President Obama wants to revoke "Don't Ask, Don't Tell," but Congress will have to repeal the ban on gays in the military. We hear about morale and civil rights in the military. Also, more troops for Afghanistan, and the Senate Finance Committee on healthcare reform.
By Warren Olney • • 50m ListenPresident Obama wants to revoke "Don't Ask, Don't Tell," but Congress will have to repeal the ban on gays in the military. We hear about morale and civil rights in the military. Also, more troops for Afghanistan, and a progress report on healthcare reform, which gets its final hearing today in the Senate Finance Committee.
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3 storiesSenate Finance Committee Passes Healthcare Reform Bill
Senate Finance today became the fifth Committee of Congress to take up healthcare reform , with a version designed to get enough votes to pass the full Senate. One of the big questions about reform was whether a single Republican would be willing to go along. In Senate Finance today, all eyes were on Olympia Snowe of Maine.
Read the story1 minAt Least 13,000 Additional Troops to Go to Afghanistan
President Obama is considering a request for 40,000 more troops in Afghanistan, beyond the 21,000 he ordered in March. But in today's Washington Post Ann Scott Tyson reports that another 13,000 are already being deployed.
Read the story8 min'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' Comes Out of the Closet
At a gay rights dinner on Saturday night, President Obama repeated as promise he made during last year's campaign, that of ending the exclusion of gays in the military. Obama could revoke Bill Clinton's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell," policy, but it will take an act of Congress to repeal the ban.
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