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The Pentagon is considering how it might ease the "don't ask, don't tell" law requiring gays to keep quiet about their sexual identity or face expulsion from the military, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Tuesday.
"One of the things we're looking at is, is there flexibility in how we apply this law," Gates told reporters aboard a military plane.
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