<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div><span></span></div><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><p class="MsoNormal" align="justify" style="text-align: start; line-height: 20.799999237060547px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><font style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Retired Air Force Maj. Margaret Witt challenged the U.S. military’s “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy in federal court and won. </font></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="justify" style="text-align: start; line-height: 20.799999237060547px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="justify" style="text-align: start; line-height: 20.799999237060547px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><font style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">On October 5th Maj. Witt will discussed her case and her new book, “Tell: Love Defiance, and the Military Trial at the Tipping Point for Gay Rights.” Her free talk was followed by a reception and book signing. Margaret Witt’s appearance was sponsored by the UI School of Journalism and Mass Media and co-sponsored by the UI Women’s Center, the UI LGBTQ Office, UI Military Student Services, and the Moscow Human Rights Commission.</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="justify" style="text-align: start; line-height: 20.799999237060547px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><font style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="justify" style="text-align: start; line-height: 20.799999237060547px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><font style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Videos and photos of this excellent presentation are accessible at:</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="justify" style="text-align: start; line-height: 20.799999237060547px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><font style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="justify" style="text-align: start; line-height: 20.799999237060547px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><font style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"></font></p><p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><b>“Major Margaret Witt (USAF) on the Military and Gay Rights”</b></span></p><p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><a href="http://www.MoscowCares.com/The_Military_and_Gay_Rights/">http://www.MoscowCares.com/The_Military_and_Gay_Rights/</a></span></p><br><div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)</span></div><div><a href="http://www.moscowcares.com/" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font color="#000000">http://www.MoscowCares.com</font></a></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></div><div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Tom Hansen</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Moscow, Idaho</span></div></div><div><br></div></div></div></body></html>