Nathaniel Frank

Senior Fellow, UC Santa Barbara's Palm Center

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Senior research fellow at the Palm Center at the University of California, Santa Barbara and author of Unfriendly Fire: How the Gay Ban Undermines the Military and Weakens America

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Earlier this year, an independent commission led by a former US surgeon general said there "is not a compelling medical reason for US armed forces to prohibit transgender Americans…

Transgender Americans Still Barred from Military

Earlier this year, an independent commission led by a former US surgeon general said there "is not a compelling medical reason for US armed forces to prohibit transgender Americans…

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At a gay rights dinner on Saturday night, President Obama repeated a promise he made during last year's campaign, to revoke Bill Clinton's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy.

'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' Comes Out of the Closet

At a gay rights dinner on Saturday night, President Obama repeated a promise he made during last year's campaign, to revoke Bill Clinton's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy.

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At a gay rights dinner on Saturday night, President Obama repeated as promise he made during last year's campaign, that of ending the exclusion of gays in the military.

'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' Comes Out of the Closet

At a gay rights dinner on Saturday night, President Obama repeated as promise he made during last year's campaign, that of ending the exclusion of gays in the military.

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