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    More than 800 veterans who were kicked out of the military for their sexual orientation under a policy that banned gays and lesbians from openly serving, known as "don't ask, don't tell," will receive honorable discharges, Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin announced Tuesday.

    "Under President Biden's leadership, the Department of Defense has taken extraordinary steps to redress the harms done by "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" and other policies on these former Service members," Austin said in a statement.

    The news comes a little more than a year after...

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