DADT has cost the military $200 Mil as of 2005 to replace the skilled servicemembers it kicked out

[Shallah Kali]

Discharged under 'don't ask, don't tell'
http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/11/10/vif2.dont.ask.dont.tell/index.html

Since don't ask, don't tell was introduced, the military has discharged more than 13,000 lesbians, gays and bisexuals, according to the Servicemembers Legal Defense Network. A 2005 government report found that about 800 of them had skills deemed "critical," such as engineering and linguistics, and that it cost the military about $200 million to recruit and train their replacements.