There's a report the upcoming Pentagon working group report on “Don't Ask, Don't Tell” will show gay men and women can serve openly in the US military with minimal incidents of risk to current war efforts. The Washington Post reports that the results of a survey sent to 400,000 US service members over the summer as part of the working group's efforts will reveal that more than 70 percent of respondents think the effect of ending “Don't Ask, Don't Tell” would be positive, mixed or nonexistent. It led study authors to conclude that objections to gay men and women serving openly in the US military would drop after the implementation of open service. Their deadline for completing the study and delivering it to Defense Secretary Robert Gates is December 1st. Alex Nicholson, executive director of Servicemembers United, said the leaked survey results confirm what “Don't Ask, Don't Tell” repeal advocates have already been saying in their efforts to build support for ending the law.
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First published: Friday, 12th November 2010 - 1:31pm