The Ethics of the “Don't Ask, don't Tell” Policy and Military Readiness

“Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” (DADT) was a controversial policy enacted by the U.S. Congress to apply to U.S. military personnel early in the presidential administration of William J. Clinton (1993). From the beginning, it was a controversial compromise, which proved to have enormous unintended consequences on the lives and morale of those principally affected by it. ¹