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Unfriendly Fire: Gays and National Security

March 19, 2009 islamoyankee

The NYT has the first chapter of the book Unfriendly Fire. The chapter is about how gay Arabic specialists were dismissed from the military for violating the “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy. National Security or Religious Right? We know who won that fight.

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