WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Monday that he sees no roadblocks to ending the ban on openly gay military service, and if the top officers of each service recommend moving ahead on ...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Defense Secretary Robert Gates is tapping two seasoned Pentagon officials to lead the military's first in-depth study on allowing openly gay service members, promising to try to ...

Defense Secretary Robert Gates said President Barack Obama could end up vetoing legislation that would lift the ban on gays serving openly in the military. Obama supports repealing the law, and the ...

With just a week left before he retires from his post as defense secretary, Robert Gates is unlikely to authorize the repeal of the military's ban on openly gay service members, according to senior ...

WASHINGTON -- The Pentagon's study on gays in the military has determined that overturning the "don't ask, don't tell" ban on serving openly might cause some disruption at first but would not create ...

Defense Secretary Robert Gates reassured U.S.war fighters in Iraq on Thursday that allowing gays to serve openly in the military will have little impact on the armed forces, an argument largely echoed ...

Defense Secretary Robert Gates is close to announcing changes in the way the Department of Defense enforces the law that bans openly gay people from serving in the military. “I think he is prepared to ...

Out gay Rep. Ritchie Torres (D-NY) will soon introduce legislation that would criminalize the sharing of classified information on messaging apps, like Signal, with up to five years in prison and a ...

WASHINGTON - Defense Secretary Robert Gates is encouraging Congress to act before year's end to repeal the ban on gays serving openly in the military. It's a position shared by his boss, the president ...