President Bill Clinton speaks at a Jan. 29, 1993 press conference regarding 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell.' (Courtesy of the William J. Clinton Presidential Library) ...

Veterans harmed by Don't Ask Don't Tell and prior policies to see proactive review By Mary Shinn [email protected] Jan 17, 2025 Updated Jan 21, 2025 ...

Pete Hegseth has repeatedly criticized the U.S. military’s decision to repeal its “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy because he thinks it is part of a broader leftist, Marxist agenda.

Hundreds of veterans kicked out of the armed forces because of their sexual orientation under “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” have been given honorable discharges, the Defense Department said ...

At the time, the Clinton-era “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy was in effect, which prohibited service members like Marcewicz, then a lesbian, from sharing details of their sexual orientation.

Get all the news you need in your inbox each morning. More than 13,000 service members were dismissed from the military under "don't ask, don't tell," according to the Defense Department.

Some 150 protesters were also in front of the White House, chanting "Hey hey ho ho ' don't ask, don't tell ' has got to go," which attracted about 30 Washington police officers who lined up in a ...