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  • Report: 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' Cost $363M

    02/14/2006 6:52:38 AM PST · by Cagey · 30 replies · 724+ views
    ABC NEWS ^ | 2-13-2006 | LIZ SIDOTI
    WASHINGTON Feb 13, 2006 (AP)— Discharging troops under the Pentagon's policy on gays cost $363.8 million over 10 years, almost double what the government concluded a year ago, a private report says. The report, to be released Tuesday by a University of California Blue Ribbon Commission, questioned the methodology the Government Accountability Office used when it estimated that the financial impact of the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy was at least $190.5 million. "It builds on the previous findings and paints a more complete picture of the costs," said Rep. Marty Meehan, D-Mass., who has proposed legislation that would repeal...