`` Don't ask me if I think the cannery helps '', he said.

He implemented Don't ask, don't tell, a controversial intermediate step to full gay military integration.

" Don't ask, don't tell " ( DADT ) was the official United States policy on homosexuals serving in the military from December 21, 1993 to September 20, 2011.

" The " Don't Ask " provision mandated that military or appointed officials will not ask about or require members to reveal their sexual orientation.

It aimed " to amend title 10, United States Code, to enhance the readiness of the Armed Forces by replacing the current policy concerning homosexuality in the Armed Forces, referred to as ' Don't ask, don't tell ,' with a policy of nondiscrimination on the basis of sexual orientation.

He found what he called a " Don't ask, don't tell " conspiracy because believers did not want to hear of loss of faith.

* When Children ask about God: A Guide for Parents Who Don't Always Have All the Answers published in 1995

* 1992 – United States Navy radioman Allen R. Schindler, Jr. is brutally murdered by shipmate Terry M. Helvey for being gay, precipitating first military, then national, debate about gays in the military that resulted in the United States " Don't ask, don't tell " military policy.

** U. S. President Bill Clinton announces his ' Don't ask, don't tell ' policy regarding gays in the American military.

Vostrikov then attempts to re-order the crew of the K-19 to submerge, but Polenin interrupts him to say " Don't order them ; ask them.

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* Barring gay men, lesbians, and bisexuals from serving in the armed forces or from working in the education field ; this can include policies such as the U. S. military ’ s “ Don't ask, don't tell ” policy or Lech Kaczyński and other conservative Polish politicians ’ stance to exclude gay men and lesbians from entering the teaching profession.

On December 9, 2010 Lincoln missed a critical vote to repeal Don't ask, don't tell after a dental appointment and missed voting by three minutes.

Don't hesitate to ask about the qualifications and languages spoken of the instructors in a school you are considering.

Socially, the administration began with efforts by Clinton to allow gays and lesbians to serve openly in the military, which culminated in a compromise known as " Don't ask, don't tell ", theoretically allowing gays and lesbians to serve in the military if they did not disclose their sexual orientation ( the policy was repealed in 2010 ).

After much debate, the Congress — which has sole power under the U. S. Constitution to regulate the armed forces — implemented the " Don't ask, don't tell " policy, stating that homosexual men and women may serve in the military as long as their sexuality is kept secret.

Murkowski supported the repeal of Don't ask, don't tell after careful consideration of the Department of Defense report.

On January 3, 2007, Cohen appeared on CNN to support John Shalikashvili's OpEd in support of ending the policy known as ' Don't ask, don't tell ' saying, " The vast majority of service members are personally comfortable working and interacting with gays and lesbians, and there is only so long that Congress can ignore the evidence ".

Santorum has also stated that the military's " Don't ask, don't tell " policy, which ended in 2011, should be reinstated and has voiced his opposition of same-sex parenting.

She supports repealing the " Don't ask, don't tell " policy and is opposed to banning gays from the Boy Scouts.

Gilchrest was a Republican co-sponsor of Rep. Marty Meehan's " Military Readiness Enhancement Act " which would have repealed the " Don't ask, don't tell " policy.

That segment usually ends with Carl Kasell stating that if any of those come true, " we'll ask you about it on Wait Wait ... Don't Tell Me!

In 2007, Shalikashvili penned an op-ed in the New York Times calling for a reversal of Don't ask, don't tell.

`` Don't try it '', Brannon told him, dismounting and starting up the steps with his men following.

`` Don't hold him like that.

`` Don't forget, there was the hope it would pass for a natural death '', Pauling reminded him.

In 2004 the British hip hop group The Streets released A Grand Don't Come for Free, a concept album charting a period of the protagonists life in which he meets a girl, starts a relationship with her and then breaks up with her after finding out she has been cheating on him.

When Sally sees Ben, her former lover, she greets him self-consciously (" Don't Look at Me ").

His brother-in-law Humphrey Dakin, a " Hail fellow, well met " type, who took him to a local pub in Leeds, said that he was told by the landlord: " Don't bring that bugger in here again.

III, in 1994, his final film project was the animated movie Cats Don't Dance, released in 1997 and dedicated to him, on which Kelly acted as uncredited choreographic consultant.

His pragmatic advice included suggestions such as " Don't let the doctors bother him too much ; let him rest.

He enjoys destroying things, mauling the mailman, tormenting Odie, kicking Odie off the table ; he also makes snide comments, usually about Jon's inability to get a date ( in one strip, when Jon bemoans the fact that no one will go out with him on New Year's, Garfield replies, " Don't feel bad Jon.

He recounts that the police officer who attended the incident reassured him by saying " Don't worry son, you've only broken your legs ".

" Beria angrily dismissed his claims as panic-mongering and quickly left, ordering him, " Don't bother us, don't cause a panic and don't disturb Comrade Stalin!

Puccini, however, seems to have had some inkling of the possible seriousness of his condition since, before leaving for Brussels, he visited Toscanini and begged him, " Don't let my Turandot die.

In Peter Fonda's 1998 autobiography Don't Tell Dad ( 1998 ), he described how he was never sure how his father felt about him.

" At the following year's ceremony, when he read the nominees for Best Actress ( won by Hilary Swank for Boys Don't Cry ), host Billy Crystal playfully appeared behind him with a large net to restrain Benigni if he got excessive with his antics again.

Videos surfaced showing a portion of a speech by Aristide on 27 August 1991 where he says " Don't hesitate to give him what he deserves.

Don't hesitate to give him what he deserves.

The cover of the Super Furry Animals ' single " The Man Don't Give a Fuck " featured a famous picture of him showing a V sign to Luton Town goalkeeper Milija Aleksic while playing for Cardiff City.

As Ed Lindsay retrieves his old radio from the boarding house basement, he says to a boy watching him, " Don't you know what a radio is ?".

Ferguson stated that Rank told him, " Don't tell anyone about the heater, don't tell anyone about the heater.

By December 1970 Burke formed eight of his children, including Kyrell " Connie " Burke Groves ; Eleanor A. Burke, who was named after his grandmother who raised him ; Melanie Burke ( born March 1960 ); Gemini Curtis Burke ( born June 3, 1961 ), Solomon Vincent Burke, Jr. ( born 15 October 1961 ); Carolyn Burke ; and John Fitzgerald Kennedy " JFK " Burke into a " kiddie-soul " group, the Sons and Daughters of Solomon, whose entire output consisted of " Think of the Children " ( later known as " Save the Children ") ( K14354 ), recorded on December 10, 1971 ; " Don't Leave Me Now " ( K14233 ) and " A Piece of Clay " ( K14354 ), recorded on 21 December 1970 ; MGM single, " Everybody's Got Fingers " ( written by Solomon Burke, and Melanie Burke and JFK Burke ), recorded on January 16, 1971 ; b / w " Don't Leave Me Now " ( MGM K14233 ), a single " Save the Children " ( 1972 ), and a 1973 album " Kid Power " ( PRD0010, MGS 2994 ), the soundtrack to Kid Power, a cartoon adaptation of Morrie Turner's Wee Pals comic strip that was part of ABC Television's Saturday morning lineup during the 1972 – 73 season, on MGM's Lion subsidiary.

" He also repeatedly pleaded with those holding him, " Don't shoot me.