Harvard University President Drew Gilpin Faust said yesterday (November 17, 2010) that the school will resume a long-banned Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) program when federal law allows gays to serve openly in the military, according to the Associated Press website.
She emphasized her position upon introducing Adm. Mike Mullen, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, who spoke at the University yesterday.
Faust said Harvard is prepared to "fully and formally" recognize ROTC when all students have "the privilege and honor of military service" without having to lie.
The 1993 law known as "don't ask, don't tell" was ruled unconstitutional last month by two federal judges in separate court cases; however, the federal government appealed these cases, and was allowed to retain its "don't ask, don't tell" policy pending the ruling of the appeals court.
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