WSJ Reports Pentagon Will Tomorrow Certify Repeal Of DADT
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Top defense officials plan to certify Friday that the Pentagon is ready to end the ban on gays serving openly in the military, officials said, a landmark moment after almost two decades of controversy. The military now has to resolve crucial questions such as what benefits same-sex couples will receive. While the military will be free to provide some services to same-sex spouses, such as family support for spouses of deployed service members, federal law blocks it from providing them the full range of health, housing and education available to heterosexual couples