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In 1993 Margie Witt?? a young Air Force nurse?? was chosen as the face of the Air Force??s ??Cross into the Blue?? recruitment campaign. This was also the year that President Clinton??s plan for gays to serve openly in the military was quashed by an obdurate Congress?? resulting in the blandly cynical political compromise known as Don??t Ask?? Don??t Tell. Contrary to its intent?? DADT had the perverse effect of making it harder for gay servicemen and -women to fight expulsion. Over the next seventeen years more than 13??000 gay soldiers?? sailors?? marines?? coast guard?? and airmen and -women were removed from military service. That is?? until Margie Witt??s landmark case put a stop to it.

Tell is the riveting story of Major Margaret Witt??s dedicated and decorated military c