Definition: Sen. Joseph Lieberman (I-Conn.) has introduced the Military Readiness Enhancement Act of 2009 (H.R. 1283), legislation that would repeal the US military's don't ask don't tell policy and allow gays and lesbians to serve openly with "a policy of nondiscrimination on the basis of sexual orientation."
Senate Democrats have vowed to bring a quick end to the ban on gays in the military. And they have the public behind them. A recent Washington Post-ABC News poll shows that 75% of Americans support gays serving openly in the military.
The 2009 version of the original bill introduced by Marty Meehan (D-MA) and Ellen Tauscher (D-CA) in 2005 is co-sponsored by Democratic Sens. Carl Levin of Michigan, Mark Udall of Colorado, Kirsten Gillibrand of New York, Roland Burris of Illinois, Jeff Bingaman of New Mexico, Barbara Boxer of California, Ron Wyden of Oregon, Patrick Leahy of Vermont, Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania, Jeff Merkley of Oregon, and Diane Feinstein of California.
More on Gays in the Military:
Read the full Military Readiness Enhancement Act text
Fact: Repealing Don't Ask, Don't Tell Would Save $200 Million, Add 41K Troops
Senate Democrats have vowed to bring a quick end to the ban on gays in the military. And they have the public behind them. A recent Washington Post-ABC News poll shows that 75% of Americans support gays serving openly in the military.
The 2009 version of the original bill introduced by Marty Meehan (D-MA) and Ellen Tauscher (D-CA) in 2005 is co-sponsored by Democratic Sens. Carl Levin of Michigan, Mark Udall of Colorado, Kirsten Gillibrand of New York, Roland Burris of Illinois, Jeff Bingaman of New Mexico, Barbara Boxer of California, Ron Wyden of Oregon, Patrick Leahy of Vermont, Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania, Jeff Merkley of Oregon, and Diane Feinstein of California.
More on Gays in the Military:
Read the full Military Readiness Enhancement Act text
Fact: Repealing Don't Ask, Don't Tell Would Save $200 Million, Add 41K Troops
