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Don't Ask, Don't Tell, Do Discharge

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When it comes to kicking gays out of the military, the Army's Ft. Leonard Wood in Missouri is leading the way, AP reports. Sixty soldiers at the base were discharged for violations of the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy last year, up from 40 the year before. The second-highest number of discharges was at at Fort Campbell on the Kentucky-Tennessee line, where 49 people were dismissed.

Tom Shoop is vice president and editor in chief at Government Executive Media Group, where he oversees both print and online editorial operations. He started as associate editor of Government Executive magazine in 1989; launched the company’s flagship website, GovExec.com, in 1996; and was named editor in chief in 2007.

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