(USA) - Plaudits are due retired Army Gen. John Shalikashvili, former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, for dropping his opposition to the Pentagon's wrongheaded "don't ask, don't tell" policy, which bans openly gay people from serving in the military. In an opinion piece in Tuesday's New York Times, Shalikashvili wrote that he changed his mind after meeting with gay servicemen. "These conversations showed me just how much the military has changed, and that gays and lesbians can be accepted by their peers," he wrote.
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