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Obama signs repeal of ban on gays in military

Posted: 12.22.2010 at 4:58 AM Updated: 12.22.2010 at 11:50 AM

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Updated with new story, video and photo. President Barack Obama signed a landmark law Wednesday repealing the ban on gay men and women serving openly in the military, fulfilling one of his major campaign pledges and casting the issue as a matter of civil rights long denied.

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