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of all the changes to the department’s regulations and 
policies that may have to be made, and examine the po-
tential impacts of a change in law on military effective-
ness; 
Whereas Secretary Gates has directed the Department of De-
fense to quickly review the regulations used to implement 
the current Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell policy and, within 45 
days, present him with recommended changes to those 
regulations that would enforce the policy in a more 
human and fair manner within existing law; 
Whereas the Department of Defense will ask the RAND Cor-
poration to update its 1993 study on the impacts of al-
lowing homosexuals to serve openly in the Armed Forces; 
Whereas top leadership is critical to the successful implemen-
tation of a repeal plan, however, full and final repeal of 
section 654 of title 10, United States Code, remains up 
to Congress; 
Whereas the 1993 RAND study recommended that changes 
to the Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell policy be ‘‘decided upon and 
implemented as quickly as possible’’; 
Whereas several studies suggest that the repeal of section 
654 of title 10, United States Code, can be implemented 
more quickly than indicated by Secretary Gates and Ad-
miral Mullen; 
Whereas the Subcommittee on Personnel Management of the 
Committee on Armed Services of the House of Represent-
atives will hold a hearing regarding the Don’t Ask, Don’t 
Tell policy on March 3, 2010, and the Committee on 
Armed Services of the Senate intends to hold additional 
hearings regarding the policy; 
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Whereas in his testimony, Secretary Gates stated that the 
working group will need to ‘‘engage men and women in 
uniform and their families’’ in order to assess their views 
regarding the effects of repeal of the Don’t Ask, Don’t 
Tell policy and implementation of the repeal; 
Whereas current members of the Armed Forces, regardless of 
their sexual orientation, have valuable insight to share 
with military leaders and Congress regarding the Don’t 
Ask, Don’t Tell policy and any repeal implementation 
plan; 
Whereas the discriminatory nature of section 654 of title 10, 
United States Code, prevents members of the Armed 
Forces from speaking openly, and both the Armed Forces 
and Congress will need a way to obtain information from 
members to move forward with implementing repeal; and 
Whereas all avenues to allow members of the Armed Forces 
to participate in the upcoming Congressional hearings, 
and to protect them from retribution for doing so, need 
to be explored: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) recognizes 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 
bringing about the repeal of the Don’t Ask, Don’t 
Tell policy concerning homosexuality in the Armed 
Forces and in permitting gay and lesbian Americans 
to serve openly in the Armed Forces; 
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(2) expresses the sense of the House of Rep-
resentatives that the Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell policy, as 
codified in section 654 of title 10, United States 
Code, should be repealed in 2010 and that repeal 
legislation should be promptly brought to a vote in 
the Senate and House of Representatives; 
(3) expresses the hope that President Obama 
will continue his leadership on this issue; 
(4) urges the Pentagon working group to de-
liver a repeal implementation plan to Congress as 
soon as possible while ensuring that the needs and 
concerns of members of the Armed Forces are taken 
into consideration; 
(5) pledges to do its part to move the repeal 
planning and implementation process forward on a 
timeline that is best for all members of the Armed 
Forces; and 
(6) strongly recommends that the Committee on 
Armed Services of the Senate and the Subcommittee 
on Personnel Management of the Committee on 
Armed Services of the House of Representatives in-
clude members of the Armed Forces, regardless of 
their sexual orientation, in the upcoming hearings 
regarding the Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell policy. 
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