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Jeh Johnson, the Defense Department's general counsel, addresses the media during a press conference on a new department policy to relax the rules on "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" at the Pentagon, March 25, 2010.

RELAXING RULES

Jeh Johnson, the Defense Department's general counsel, addresses the media during a press conference on a new department policy to relax the rules on "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" at the Pentagon, March 25, 2010.

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