http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/80233-key-chairwoman-wants-limited-moratorium-on-dont-ask-dont-tell-in-defense-billCongress could pass a limited moratorium on the military's "Don't ask, don't tell" policy this spring, a key chairwoman said Monday.
Rep. Susan Davis (D-Calif.), the chairwoman of the Military Personnel Subcommittee on the House Armed Services Committee, said that she hopes to include a measure prohibiting discharges for gay and lesbian members of the armed forces who are outed by colleagues.
"It's important that the Congress does act in terms of the policy itself," Davis said during an appearance on KPBS San Diego public radio.
'Ending Don't Ask Don't Tell' (
http://www.kpbs.org/news/2010/feb/08/ending-dont-ask/)
Davis, whose committee has jurisdiction over the controversial policy, said that while the military conducts a review as to how to repeal its exclusion on gay and lesbian members, one of the first actions Congress would take is to stop discharges of members who are outed by others.