Don't Ask, Don't Tell... Even if it Costs Us 2 Million...

CNN published a story about a man who was discharged under the policy of "don't ask, don't tell". I think, and have always thought, that this policy is absolutely degrading to gays in the military, forced to keep one of the biggest part of their lives a total secret from their friends.
In this story, Darren Manzella had served two tours in Iraq before he began receiving threatening emails and phone calls, saying he was going to be discharged. He went to his supervisor for advice. His supervisor reported him, but he still served another term in Iraq with fellow soldiers knowing he was gay. It wasn't until he went on television and did an interview about being a gay man in the military that he was officially discharged. His discharge papers read "homosexual conduct admission". But he didn't display any homosexual conduct whatsoever. He had a partner at home, not in the military. But here is the most ridiculous statistic:

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.

So, the military wants openly gay people out of the service so bad that they are willing to pay 2 million dollars to do it? This is absolutely heinous.
Obama said he would end "don't ask, don't tell". Okay Obama... I'm waiting...