Don't Ask, Don't Tell : Background and Issues on Gays in the Military.

Intro -- DON'T ASK, DON'T TELL: BACKGROUND AND ISSUES ON GAYS IN THE MILITARY -- DON'T ASK, DON'T TELL: BACKGROUND AND ISSUES ON GAYS IN THE MILITARY -- LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- Chapter 1 HOMOSEXUALS AND THE U.S. MILITARY: CURRENT ISSUES -- SUMMARY -- BACKGROUND AND ANALYSIS -- DISCHARGE STATISTICS -- ISSUES -- Legal Challenges -- Actions Following the Murder of Private Barry Winchell -- Recruiting, JROTC, ROTC and Campus Policies -- High Schools -- Colleges and Universities -- Supreme Court Review of the Solomon Amendment -- Homosexuals and Marriages -- Foreign Military Experiences -- End Notes -- Chapter 2 "DON'T ASK, DON'T TELL: THE LAW AND MILITARY POLICY ON SAME-SEX BEHAVIOR -- SUMMARY -- RECENT DEVELOPMENTS -- BACKGROUND AND ANALYSIS -- DISCHARGE STATISTICS -- RECENT LEGISLATION -- APPENDIX. 10 USC 654 -- 10 United States Code 654. Policy Concerning Homosexuality in the Armed Forces -- End Notes -- Chapter 3 "DON'T ASK, DON'T TELL: A LEGAL ANALYSIS -- SUMMARY -- INTRODUCTION -- CURRENT LAW -- LEGAL CHALLENGES -- The Judicial Doctrine of Military Deference -- Pre-Lawrence Rulings -- Post-Lawrence Rulings -- End Notes -- Chapter 4 OPENING STATEMENT OF SENATOR CARL LEVIN, CHAIRMAN, U.S. SENATE COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES, HEARING TO RECEIVE TESTIMONY RELATING TO THE DON'T ASK, DON'T TELL" POLICY -- OPENING STATEMENT OF SENATOR CARL LEVIN, CHAIRMAN -- STATEMENT OF SENATOR JOHN MCCAIN -- STATEMENT OF GENERAL JOHN J. SHEEHAN, USMC (RET.), FORMER SUPREME ALLIED COMMANDER, ATLANTIC, AND FORMER COMMANDER IN CHIEF, U.S. ATLANTIC COMMAND -- STATEMENT OF MICHAEL D. ALMY, FORMER MAJOR, U.S. AIR FORCE -- STATEMENT OF JENNY L. KOPFSTEIN, FORMER LIEUTENANT JUNIOR GRADE, U.S. NAVY.

Chapter 5 STATEMENT OF CHAIRWOMAN SUSAN DAVIS, MILITARY PERSONNEL SUBCOMMITTEE, HOUSE ARMED SERVICES COMMITTEE, HEARING ON "DON'T ASK, DON'T TELL REVIEW" -- Chapter 6 WRITTEN STATEMENT OF MAJOR GENERAL VANCE COLEMAN, U.S. ARMY (RET.), TO THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON MILITARY PERSONNEL, HOUSE ARMED SERVICES COMMITTEE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES -- Chapter 7 TESTIMONY OF CAPTAIN JOAN E. DARRAH, U.S. NAVY (RET.), BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON MILITARY PERSONNEL, HEARING ON "DON'T ASK, DON'T TELL REVIEW" -- Chapter 8 WRITTEN STATEMENT OF STAFF SERGEANT ERIC ALVA, TO THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON MILITARY PERSONNEL, HEARING ON "DON'T ASK, DON'T TELL REVIEW" -- Chapter 9 STATEMENT OF ELAINE DONNELLY, PRESIDENT, CENTER FOR MILITARY READINESS, BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON MILITARY PERSONNEL, HEARING ON "DON'T ASK, DON'T TELL REVIEW" -- 1. REPEAL OF THE LAW AND FORCED COHABITATION -- 2. IMPLICATIONS OF THE "CIVIL RIGHTS" ARGUMENT -- 3. AFFIRMATIVE ACTION AND RETROACTIVE CONSEQUENCES OF A "CIVIL RIGHTS" STANDARD -- 4. ENFORCEMENT OF LAWS AND REGULATIONS RE SEXUAL MISCONDUCT -- 5. INADEQUATE REPORTS AND RISKS OF PHYSICAL ABUSE -- Navy Lt. Commander John Thomas Lee -- Pfc. Johnny Lamar Dalton -- 6. RISKS OF HIV-POSITIVE NON-DEPLOYABLE PERSONNEL -- 7. SOCIAL ISSUES AND TRAINING TO ENFORCE ACCEPTANCE OF HOMOSEXUALITY -- C. Unconvincing Arguments for Repeal -- 1. Surveys &amp -- Polls -- 2. The National Security Argument: Too Many Discharges of Homosexuals -- 3. Contradiction: Too Few Discharges due to the War -- 4. Linguists and the Defense Language Institute -- 5. Alleged Shortages in Critical Specialties -- 6. The Urban Institute - 65,000 Homosexuals in the Military? -- 7. Harassment of Homosexuals and Heterosexuals -- 8. Foreign Militaries -- 9. Religious Bias -- D. Recommendations and Conclusion -- 1. Enforce the 1993 Homosexual Conduct Law -- 2. The Only Military We Have.

End Notes -- Chapter 10 STATEMENT OF BRIAN JONES, SERGEANT MAJOR USA (RET.), CEO, ADVENTURE TRAINING CONCEPTS, BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON MILITARY PERSONNEL, HEARING ON "DON'T ASK, DON'T TELL REVIEW" -- THE RANGER CREED -- CHAPTER SOURCES -- INDEX.

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