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More than 800 service members ejected from US military under ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ receive honorable discharges | CNN Politics (edition.cnn.com)
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More than 800 records of service members who were kicked out of the military under the “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy were recently upgraded to receive honorable discharges, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said Tuesday.

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[-] unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 12 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

A: "Dont ask dont tell" is a completely made up bullshit phrase specific to the US that makes no sense outside of context

B: Without knowing about A its impossible to know whether them getting a "honorable discharge" is an improvement or not.

[-] QuincyPeck@lemmy.world 19 points 10 months ago

Reading the entire story and not just the headline helps.

[-] chonglibloodsport@lemmy.world 11 points 10 months ago

You must be new here!

[-] QuincyPeck@lemmy.world 10 points 10 months ago

Haha! You’d think I’d know by now.

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