DADT Repeal Has Minimal Effect on Military Chaplains

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        DADT Repeal Has Minimal Effect on Military Chaplains
     
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DADT Repeal Has Minimal Effect on Military Chaplains

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A task force of team presidents and general managers will add the question of eligibility to their agenda.

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The settlement also requires the nation’s largest pediatric hospital to revoke doctors’ privileges and open the clinic by October.

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