Today at noon, Eric Alva, the first American soldier wounded in Iraq, will testify before Congress to speak out against "Don't Ask, Don't Tell," which forces people in the military to be dishonest about their personal lives or face losing their jobs. HRC Back Story will be liveblogging the hearing the hearing at HRC Backsgtory. 
You can also watch the live webcast at CPSAN3.For HRC’s special page on the need to repeal “ Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” click here.
With so many GLBT Americans serving courageously in Iraq and Afghanistan, momentum is rapidly building against this unfair, unsound policy. The law is exacting huge costs to the nation's best interests, even as it has dwindling public support:
• Nearly 800 specialists with critical skills have been fired from the military under DADT, including several linguists who speak Arabic.
• U.S. taxpayers have paid $250 million to investigate and root out patriotic servicemen and women under DADT and as much as $1.2 billion in lost recruiting and training costs.
• More than two-thirds of civilians support allowing gays to serve openly in the military. And despite the fear-mongering about unit morale, nearly 3 in 4 troops say they are personally comfortable serving side-by-side with gays and lesbians.
