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Military veterans kicked out for being gay still fighting for honorable discharges

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The 1993 law known as "don't ask, don't tell" — which allowed gay people to serve in the U.S. military, so long as they remained closeted — has been repealed for over a decade, but many of those whose military careers were ended by the policy are still missing out on honorable discharge status and benefits, a CBS News investigation has found. 

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