Don't Ask Don't Tell Hearing Photos
The House Armed Services Committee’s Personnel Subcommittee held an oversight hearing on the "Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell" (DADT) policy regarding gay and lesbian servicemembers on July 23, 2008. The Human Rights Campaign is pleased that the subcommittee held this hearing—the first hearing to review the policy since Congress passed the law in 1993.
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Staff Sgt. Eric Alva, the first American injured in the Iraq war, testifies at the subcommittee hearing.
Capt. Joan Darrah (Ret.) and Marine Staff Sgt. Eric Alva confer before the meeting.
Capt. Joan Darrah (Ret.) and Marine Staff Sgt. Eric Alva shake hands with supporters of the discriminatory ban, Elaine Donnelly, president of the Center for Military Readiness and Sgt. Major Brian Jones (Ret.) prior to the hearing.
Eric Alva (center) before he begins his testimony.
A scene from the hearing.