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Republicans block bill to lift military gay ban
Posted: 09.21.2010 at 4:42 PM
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Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, talks about the military "Don't Ask Don't Tell" policy, on Capitol Hill in Washington Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2010.  / AP Photo
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The partisan vote was a defeat for Senate Democrats and gay rights advocates, who saw the bill as their last chance before November's elections to overturn the law known as "don't ask, don't tell."

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