Flight nurse dismissed under 'don't ask' to be reinstated
A decorated flight nurse who had been dismissed under the "don't ask, don't tell" military policy, will be reinstated with the U.S. Air Force, the American Civil Liberties Union of Washington announced Tuesday.
The ACLU of Washington represented Maj. Margaret Witt in a four-year-long lawsuit seeking her reinstatement.
In September, the U.S. District Court for Western Washington ordered the Air Force to reinstate Witt. The court found that Witt's sexual orientation does not negatively impact unit morale or cohesion. On Tuesday, the Justice Department filed an appeal of that ruling, but it is not seeking a stay of the order to reinstate Witt, clearing the way for her to rejoin the service.