Don't Ask, Don't Tell Policy Won't Be Reexamined Following Release Of DOD IG Report

By Thomas Duffy / March 23, 2000 at 5:00 AM
President Bill Clinton's pick for the Pentagon's top legal position told a Senate committee Tuesday he does not expect Defense Secretary William Cohen will reexamine the department's policy covering gays in the military following the imminent release of a pair of DOD reports on gay harassment in the military. Donald Dworkin, nominated to be the Pentagon's general counsel, told Sen. John Warner (R-VA) Tuesday the Pentagon's "don't ask, don't tell, don't pursue" policy has "worked well," and the impending reports...

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