Gays in the Ranks
FILE - In this May 13, 2009 file photo, then 1st Lt. Daniel Choi, an infantry platoon leader with the New York Army National Guard, appears on Capitol Hill in Washington, at a House Armed Services Committee hearing on the Fiscal Year 2010 National Defense Authorization Budget Request from the Defense Department. Choi had been served with notification of discharge paperwork for being openly gay under the military's "Don't ask, don't tell" policy. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari, File)
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