Pentagon Reaches Settlement With Veterans Dismissed Over Sexuality

The agreement, if approved by a judge, would let former service members upgrade their discharge status and receive benefits they had been denied.

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Pentagon reaches historic settlement with LGBTQ veterans over discharge status

The Defense Department agreed to a class-action settlement that may affect more than 35,000 LGBTQ veterans who were discharged because of their sexual orientation under “don’t ask, don’t tell” and ...
NBC News - 9h
Pentagon reaches historic settlement with LGBTQ+ veterans

The Pentagon has reached a historic legal settlement with more than 35,000 LGBTQ+ veterans that would create "new and simpler processes to obtain updated discharge records and potential upgrades to ...
CBS News - 14h
Tencent and CATL consider legal action over inclusion on Pentagon blacklist

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Financial Times - 19h
Pentagon reaches historic settlement with veterans discharged under ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’

LGBTQ+ veterans who faced discrimination under policy can update paperwork to remove mention of their sexuality. The Department of Defense reached a historic settlement with more than 30,000 LGBTQ+ ...
The Guardian - 1d
Pentagon agrees to historic legal settlement with LGBTQ+ veterans

If approved by a federal judge, the agreement means the military would help thousands of veterans seek honorable discharges.
CBS News - 1d
LGBTQ veterans reach historic settlement with Pentagon over military discharges

A group of LGBTQ veterans who sued the Department of Defense last year for denying them honorable discharges because of their sexuality said Monday they had settled with the Pentagon. The ...
The Hill - 1d
Aaron Rodgers throws 500th TD: Jets veteran joins elite group of quarterbacks to reach historic NFL milestone

The ultra-exclusive list also includes Rodgers' former teammate
CBS Sports - 2d
Suspect questioned over alleged sexual assault of Virgin Australia flight crew member in Fiji

Airline sends support staff to Nadi after reports of assault during a night out in the early hours of 1 January. Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email A suspect known to Fijian ...
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