"I wonder who's kissing him now." Marine Commandant General James Amos' inconvenient jeremiads on "Don't ask, don't tell."

by Dr. Jeffrey LantThe winds of change are blowing through the militaryestablishment. It is clear that openly gay service personnelare an inevitability and that "Don't ask, don't tell" is on itsway out. These days Defense Secretary Robert Gates, a mantrusted by both political parties and the service chiefs,has a message for them all: if we are to manage the endof "Don't Ask, don't tell" the way we want it... we had bestact quickly before the civilian courts step in and tell uswhat to do.

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