Marine recruiter goes on campus to explain "don't ask" policy

[davidinalameda]

http://www.advocate.com/new_news.asp?ID=15085&sd=02/09/05

Marine captain David Doucette was allowed to bring his recruiting message to the Middlebury College campus in Vermont on Wednesday, but not before answering questions about the military's policy regarding gays and lesbians.

More than 150 Middlebury College students and faculty questioned Doucette on Tuesday night about the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy in an hourlong session required by the college in order for the recruiter to come on campus. The session featured a vigorous but respectful exchange, with all but one comment from the overflow crowd directed against the military's policy that forbids openly gay people from serving.