Allowing time to adequately prepare servicemembers prior to implementing a repeal of the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” law is vital to continued mission effectiveness, the Air Force chief of staff told members of Congress here Dec. 3.
Gen. Norton Schwartz, his fellow service chiefs and the vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff testified before the Senate Armed Services Committee on the Comprehensive Review Working Group report, which addresses the potential repeal of the 1993 law that forecloses gay men and women from serving openly in the military.
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