Senate committee hears military chiefs' 'Don't Ask Don't Tell' testimony

[JURIST] The Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) [official website] on Friday heard conflicting testimony [materials] from top military leaders on the services’ readiness to repeal "Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell" (DADT) [10 USC 654; JURIST news archive]. Commandant of the Marine Corps General James Amos [official profile] urged the Committee to delay the policy’s repeal, arguing that ongoing operations in Iraq and Afghanistan would complicate the integration of openly gay service members at this time. Amos’ sentiments were echoed by…