The senate has voted to repeal Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell in a 65-31 vote!

Today the U.S. House of Representatives voted 250-175 on legislation to repeal “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.” This historic action is the second time the House passed repeal legislation this year, the first coming in May with the National Defense Authorization Act, to which repeal legislation was attached.

The White House issued the following statement on the failed vote of the Defense Authorization Act which includes Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.

In an interview with The New York Times, Jeh C. Johnson, the Defense Department’s general counsel and co-author of the Pentagon study on “don’t ask, don’t tell” released last week, recalled his own family history in the military’s integration of African American service members in the 1940s.

Arizona Sen. John McCain said the only reason the “don’t ask, don’t tell” repeal is a hot issue in Washington is due to a pandering presidential candidate looking for votes in 2008.

Katherine Miller, a top West Point cadet, resigned this year because of Don’t Ask Don’t Tell and now she wants to get back into the military.