Don't Ask, Don't Tell

Discharged Dan Choi To Harry Reid: 'It's Not About Me Anymore' (VIDEO)

Christina Bellantoni | July 24, 2010, 9:38PM

Lt. Dan Choi at a protest against Don't Ask, Don't Tell

Las Vegas -- This morning at Netroots Nation, (former) Lt. Dan Choi confronted Sen. Harry Reid to tell the Senate leader that he will hold him personally accountable for an unfulfilled promise to repeal Don't Ask, Don't Tell. Choi gave Reid his West Point ring, but Reid said he couldn't accept something he hadn't earned.

Choi, discharged this week under the Don't Ask, Don't Tell ban on gay men and lesbians serving openly in the military, hopped onto the stage during Reid's Netroots Nation speech and gave Reid his discharge paperwork. The two agreed that Reid would hang onto the ring until the repeal is passed and the new law of the land. Choi also gave Reid letters containing the original promise the Clinton-era policy would be repealed in 2009.

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Don't Ask, Don't Tell

Dan Choi On DADT: 'There's No Need For A Survey' (VIDEO)

Megan Carpentier | July 23, 2010, 10:10AM

First Lieutenant Dan Choi, Iraqi War Veteran and gay rights activist.

Lt. Dan Choi, who came out on Rachel Maddow's show 16 months ago in violation of the military's Don't Ask Don't Tell policy, appeared again last night to talk about his life after the military honorably discharged him yesterday afternoon. But he also took a few minutes to talk about the Pentagon's recent survey of service members' feelings about how the potential repeal of DADT and, like many, he's not a fan.

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