CBNNews.com - Congressional lawmakers are reviewing the US armed forces "don't ask, don't tell" policy for the first time since it was implemented in 1993

Washington, DC (AHN) - The House Armed Services Committee will hold a hearing on whether to repeal "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" on Wednesday. It will be the first congressional review of the controversial policy since it was adopted in 1993.
No Pentagon officials are scheduled to appear during the hearing, and the bill repealing the policy is not expected to be passed any time soon. But opponents of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" say they plan to ride on the current change in perceptions about homosexuals in order to repeal the law under a new administration.
r supports Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL), who has vowed to repeal the law if he becomes president.

Protestors demonstrate against the US Military's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy at a recruitment center in Times Sqare, New York. Today Congress is holding

This is a rush transcript from "America's Election HQ," July 22, 2008. This copy may not be in its final form and may be updated.
E.D. HILL, HOST: "Don't ask. Don't tell." Homosexual men and women in the military have been banned from talking about their sexuality with each other for 15 years. But as attitudes in America change, some lawmakers say so should that law.
It is really an opportunity for the first time in many years for "the don't ask, don't tell" policy to have a review.

By Deroy Murdock Asa House Armed Services subcommittee surely will discuss this afternoon, Pentagon officials evidently trust military inductees with felony

by Bob Roehr A House Armed Service subcommittee will hold a hearing on the antigay military policy known as “Don't Ask, Don't Tell” ( DADT ) on July 23.

By Adam Higgins | Article Date: 7/22/2008 8:30 PM Democrats convening the first congressional hearing on the military’s “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy since

WASHINGTON (AP) - Democrats are convening the first congressional hearing on the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy since its enactment 15 years ago. But they acknowledge there's no chance of repealing it this year.
Indeed their only hope of success, they say, is if Democratic Sen. Barack Obama gets elected president.
it done, his campaign Web site says. Republican opponent John McCain supports "don't ask, don't tell."

WASHINGTON, July 22 (UPI) - Congressional Democrats say they are taking what some hope will be the first step to changing the U.S. military's "don't ask, don't tell" gay service policy.
U.S. Rep. Ellen Tauscher, D-Calif., has introduced a bill that would repeal the policy and let gays and lesbians serve openly in the military. Democrats on the U.S. House of Representatives Armed Services Committee scheduled a Wednesday hearing for it, the first time the policy has been directly discussed in Congress since it was instituted by the Clinton administration in 1993, USA Today reported.
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