IV 
111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 1090 
Recognizing the hearing of the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate 
on the Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell policy, and the testimony of Secretary 
of Defense Robert M. Gates and Admiral Michael G. Mullen at the 
hearing, as an important first step in permitting gay and lesbian Ameri-
cans to serve openly in the Armed Forces and expressing the sense 
of the House of Representatives that the policy should be repealed 
in 2010. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 22, 2010 
Mr. HASTINGS of Florida (for himself, Mr. MORAN of Virginia, Ms. SPEIER, 
Mr. FARR, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. HONDA, Mr. GUTIERREZ, Ms. PINGREE 
of Maine, Ms. BERKLEY, Ms. WATSON, Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts, 
Ms. 
KILPATRICK
of 
Michigan, 
Ms. 
CHU, 
Mr. 
FILNER, 
Mrs. 
CHRISTENSEN, Ms. RICHARDSON, Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD, Mr. ISRAEL, Mr. 
HINCHEY, Mr. BERMAN, Mr. DINGELL, Mr. CUMMINGS, Ms. JACKSON 
LEE of Texas, Mr. TOWNS, Mr. LEWIS of Georgia, Mr. MICHAUD, and 
Mr. POLIS of Colorado) submitted the following resolution; which was re-
ferred to the Committee on Armed Services 
RESOLUTION 
Recognizing the hearing of the Committee on Armed Services 
of the Senate on the Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell policy, and 
the testimony of Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates 
and Admiral Michael G. Mullen at the hearing, as an 
important first step in permitting gay and lesbian Ameri-
cans to serve openly in the Armed Forces and expressing 
the sense of the House of Representatives that the policy 
should be repealed in 2010. 
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•HRES 1090 IH 
Whereas there are an estimated 66,000 members of the 
Armed Forces who are gay or lesbian and approximately 
one million veterans who are gay or lesbian; 
Whereas these brave men and women serve in the Armed 
Forces as highly trained linguists, aviators, medics, and 
soldiers and are involved in valuable operations that have 
nothing to do with their sexual orientation and everything 
to do with protecting American lives and advancing the 
national security interests of the United States; 
Whereas the current policy concerning homosexuality in the 
Armed Forces, which is referred to as the Don’t Ask, 
Don’t Tell policy and is codified as section 654 of title 
10, United States Code, continues to hurt members of 
the Armed Forces, runs counter to the values exemplified 
by the Armed Forces, and threatens national security; 
Whereas in 2009, 428 members of the Armed Forces were 
discharged or released as a result of application of the 
Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell policy, at the estimated cost of 
over $12 million; 
Whereas since the Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell policy was imple-
mented in 1994, more than 13,000 members have been 
discharged or released solely as a consequence of their 
sexual orientation; 
Whereas President Obama called for the repeal of the Don’t 
Ask, Don’t Tell policy during his 2010 State of the 
Union address and pledged to work with military leaders 
this year ‘‘to finally repeal the law that denies gay Amer-
icans the right to serve the country they love because of 
who they are’’; 
Whereas the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate 
held a hearing on the Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell policy on 
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•HRES 1090 IH 
February 2, 2010, and heard testimony from Defense 
Secretary Robert M. Gates and Admiral Michael G. 
Mullen, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; 
Whereas Secretary Gates declared his full support for the re-
peal of the Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell policy; 
Whereas Admiral Mullen stated the following: ‘‘My personal 
belief is that allowing homosexuals to serve openly would 
be the right thing to do. I cannot escape being troubled 
by the fact that we have in place a policy which forces 
young men and women to lie about who they are in order 
to defend their fellow citizens. For me, it comes down to 
integrity—theirs as individuals and ours as an institu-
tion.’’; 
Whereas Admiral Mullen is the highest ranking military offi-
cer in American history to publically support permitting 
gay and lesbian Americans to serve openly in the Armed 
Forces; 
Whereas Secretary Gates, working in close consultation with 
Admiral Mullen, has appointed a high-level working 
group within the Department of Defense, led by Pen-
tagon General Counsel Jeh Johnson and General Carter 
Ham, to review issues regarding the proper implementa-
tion of a repeal of the Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell policy; 
Whereas the mandate of this working group is to thoroughly, 
objectively, and methodically examine all aspects of these 
issues and report its findings and recommendations to 
Congress in the form of an implementation plan by the 
end of 2010; 
Whereas the working group will reach out to the force to au-
thoritatively understand their views and attitudes about 
the impacts of repeal, undertake a thorough examination 
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