Now that the debates are over and the votes are in, advocates who have been working furiously to get the policy that bans gays from serving openly in the military have scored a victory. The celebration, however, cannot last for long, because there will be a need to move on to the next step: implementation. [...]

The recently-concluded Senate vote that had an impact on the push to repeal the “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy that prohibits gays from serving openly in the military did not go the way repeal supporters would have hoped, according to a report on the Washington Post. Senators Joseph I. Lieberman and Susan Collins, two key [...]