Air Force official: Pentagon's 'Don't ask' study 'healthy' and 'informative'

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http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/130527-air-force-official-pentagons-dont-ask-study-healthy-and-informative

Air Force official: Pentagon's 'Don't ask' study 'healthy' and 'informative'
By Roxana Tiron - 11/23/10 12:57 PM ET


The Air Force’s top uniformed officer is calling the Pentagon’s yearlong study into the implications of repealing the ban on gays in the military “healthy” and “informative.”

Gen. Norton Schwartz, the Air Force chief of staff, said Tuesday he already has offered suggestions “for edits both on substance and tone” after reviewing the draft report on the impact of scrapping the Clinton-era “Don’t ask, don’t tell” policy.

“The study was a good process; it was healthy; it is informative,” Schwartz told reporters at a breakfast meeting. The Air Force chief declined to offer any specifics, stressing his commitment to keep his recommendations to the Pentagon leadership confidential for now.

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Schwartz said that if Congress changes the law by repealing “Don’t ask, don’t tell,” the Air Force would pursue implementation “professionally” and “with conviction.”