DADT

DADT
 n.— «One factor that makes her case interesting is that Witt never openly violated the tangled “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy, or “DADT” as it is known. She was outed when an anonymous tipster told Air Force officials that Witt had been in a relationship for several years with a civilian woman.» —“Don’t ask, don’t tell, but do recruit non-citizens” by Mike Barber Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Now Hear This (Washington) Dec. 8, 2008. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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