General Myers backs homophobic military gay policy
America's top military officer, Air Force General Richard Myers, is defending a "don't ask, don't tell" policy that has led to the discharge of 9,500 gay members of the armed forces since 1993. "We try to implement the 'don't ask, don't tell' policy as best we can," Myers told a conference of the American Society of Newspaper Editors. He also mentioned "continuing education" in regards to the policy, even though he never explained what that meant. Other Pentagon officials, including Army Secretary Francis J. Harvey, have also said they see no need to change the policy, despite declining recruitment figures.
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