Report: Gillibrand pushing for hearings on ‘don’t ask-don’t tell’

The on-line journal “Daily Beast” is reporting that New York Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand has convinced lawmakers to hold hearings on the Clinton era military policy in the fall.

After determining she didn’t have enough votes in support of a temporary suspension of the ban on gays in the military, Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand tells The Daily Beast she has secured the commitment of Senate Armed Services Committee to hold hearings on “Don’t Ask Don’t Tell” this fall.

It would be the first formal re-assessment of the policy since Congress passed it into law in 1993.

With moves like this one, Sen. Gillibrand continues to tack to the left, shoring up her support among more liberal groups and voters in New York City.

That could be key if she faces a primary fight in 2010.

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