Senator Collins Celebrates the Repeal of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell"

Senator Collins, along with Senator Joe Lieberman, and other colleagues that lead the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" repeal, held a press conference today to mark the day that the policy was official repealed. In May 2010, Senator Collins was the only Republican on the Senate Armed Services Committee to vote to include repeal of Don't Ask, Don't Tell in the Defense Authorization bill. In December, she was the only Republican in the Senate to vote to proceed to the Defense Authorization bill which included repeal language, however, that bill failed. Senators Collins and Lieberman then introduced the standalone bill which passed the Senate on December 18th by a vote of 65-31. It was then signed by President Obama.

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