DADT Cost $193 Million To Enforce From 2004-2009

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The Pentagon's ban on gays serving openly in the military dismissed 3,664 service members between 2004 and 2009 at a cost to taxpayers of $193.3 million, according to a new government audit. That's roughly $53,000 per expelled service member during the five year span, according to the Government Accountability Office report released Thursday. The GAO found the bulk of those funds ($185.6 million) was spent to recruit and train replacements for those gays and lesbians forced out under the controversial "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy.

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1. The chaplain corps

With any amount of luck this will drive out the evangelical Christians from the Chaplain corps of the various branches. They have been excessive in their influence and this could be the hammer that breaks that particular nut.