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Marine Corps Leaders Get on Board with Don't Ask, Don't Tell Repeal

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qPn3V3KuhaM

Marine Corps Commandant Gen. James Amos was vocal about his resistance to repealing Don't Ask, Don't Tell last year. But in a video released last week (embedded above), Amos and his senior enlisted adviser Sgt. Maj. Carlton Kent signal their embrace of Congress' order to end the law and allow gay and lesbian troops to serve openly.

Ed O'Keefe transcribed some of the video for the Washington Post:

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Readmore reaction to the video at O'Keefe's Federal Eye blog. According to Metro Weekly, senior Pentagon officials have said that training to end the law is expected to begin this month.

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