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Legislators criticize military ban on gays

February 25, 2005 10:53:00 AM

Citing a Government Accountability Office study, several lawmakers Thursday called for an end to the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy regarding homosexuals. The report , released Wednesday, indicated that the policy has hurt recruiting and retainment...

Twelve dismissed homosexual soldiers challenge "don't ask, don't tell" policy

December 6, 2004 12:27:00 PM

Twelve homosexuals who were expelled from the US military because of their sexual orientation filed a lawsuit in Boston on Monday, challenging the constitutionality of the Pentagon's 11-year-old "don't ask, don't tell" policy. The complaint relies in part upon...

"Don't Ask, Don't Tell" report [HRW]

January 23, 2003 12:12:00 PM

Uniform Discrimination: The "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" Policy of the US Military, Human Rights Watch, January 23, 2003 [concluding that the US military policy of discharging gay and lesbian service members who reveal their sexual orientation violates human rights and...

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House Judiciary Committee opened impeachment hearings against Richard Nixon

On May 9, 1974, the US House Judiciary Committee chaired by Rep. Peter Rodino (D-NJ) opened hearings into the possible impeachment of President Richard Nixon in connection with the Watergate scandal. The Committee voted to impeach Nixon on three counts on July 30. Chairman Rodino died in 2005 at his home in New Jersey. He was 95.

Australia Parliament opened

On May 9, 1901, the Parliament of Australia convened for the first time in Melbourne. The Australian Parliament also held its first meeting in the new capital of Canberra 26 years later on the same day 1927. Finally, on this day in 1988 Australian opened its new Parliament House in Canberra. Read the Constitution of Australia.