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Rep. Barney Frank at 2011 SLDN National Dinner [video]

Congressman addressed bigotry of DADT policy, shower fears

Video: Aram Vartian
March 21, 2011

At the Servicemembers Legal Defense Network (SLDN) National Dinner on Saturday, March 19, 2011, Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) spoke to the crowd about the long journey that led to the passage of the Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell Repeal Act in December 2010 — and the work that remains ahead.

Telling the crowd of more than 1,300 people that all DADT “did is weaken this country,” Frank pointed out that even the new Republican House leadership had made no efforts to turn back the repeal.

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