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McGehee, Choi Invited to Repeal Ceremony

McGehee, Choi Invited to Repeal Ceremony

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They put their careers on their line to end "don't ask, don't tell," and now activists Robin McGehee and Lt. Dan Choi will be there when the 17-year-old ban is formally ended Wednesday.

Towleroad reports that Choi and McGehee were invited by the White House to attend the historic signing ceremony for the DADT repeal on Wednesday at 9:15 a.m. Eastern.

Both Choi and McGehee were arrested in November after chaining themselves to a White House fence as an act of defiance against the ban on openly gay military personnel. Choi, who recently suffered a physical and mental breakdown, is pushing for the president to issue a nondiscrimination policy throughout the military.

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