Shove it! Dan Choi won’t pay the government for his being discharged under DADT

The Defense Department, after discharging gay soldiers under the Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell policy, apparently sends them bills requiring them to pay back “unearned portions” of their contracts. High-profile discharged soldier Dan Choi received his bill this week from Defense Department Finance and Debt Services in the amount of $2,500. More…

Lt. Dan Choi Discharged Under ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’

Newsweek reports that Lt. Dan Choi, a highly visible figure in the debate over repealing the military’s “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy, has become a victim of that very law. Choi’s commander in the New York Army National Guard informed him this morning that he has been officially discharged.

Anti-’Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ Legislators Praise Gates’ Rules Change, With Caveats

Lt. Choi may not be so satisfied with Defense Secretary Robert Gates’ decision to relax “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” enforcement, but it’s being greeted warmly by sponsors of legislation in the Senate to repeal the ban on open gay military service. “I am confident that Secretary Gates More…

Lt. Choi Not Pleased With Gates’ ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ Changes

Lt. Dan Choi — the West Point graduate, Iraq veteran, Arabic linguist and arguably most forceful advocate for repealing “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” — had a simple question for Defense Secretary Robert Gates after Gates’ announcement of changes to the implementation of the ban on open gay military service. More…

‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ Civil Disobedience at the White House

I’m not there, but Twitterborne images of openly gay Lt. Dan Choi, a New York National Guardsman, show him and a comrade leading a group of activists to the White House gates in protest of the military’s ban on open gay service. Joe Sudbay of AmericaBlog, who’s on More…

DADT: Lt. Choi Not Back on Active Duty After All

Richard Smith at VoteVets corrects some erroneous early reports:

1LT Choi has NOT been ordered back to active duty. It would be difficult to order him “back” to active duty, being that he serves in the New York National Guard, not on active duty, unless he had been mobilized.  What

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DADT: Gay Army Lieutenant Recalled to Active Duty

Army Lt. Dan Choi, a West Point graduate and Arabic translator who famously challenged ‘Don’t Ask Don’t Tell’ last year, has been recalled to active duty, according to The Advocate. That’s a strong sign that even ahead of a full repeal of the so-called gay ban, proceeding at More…

A ‘More Humane’ ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’?

Curious choice of words from Defense Secretary Bob Gates yesterday on “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.” He’s talking about how to deal with the law-slash-regulation in advance of attempts to overturn it, as President Obama reiterated was his intention last week:

And so one of the things we’re looking at

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