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Shove it! Dan Choi won’t pay the government for his being...

The Defense Department, after discharging gay soldiers under the Don't Ask, Don't Tell policy, apparently sends them bills requiring them to pay back "unearned portions" of their contracts. High-profile discharged soldier Dan Choi received his bill this week from Defense Department Finance and Debt Services in the amount of $2,500. He sent a strongly worded letter to White House Public Engagement Director Brian Bond explaining why he wasn't going to pay.

Video: Gay activist Lt. Dan Choi talks DADT at CU

BOULDER – Prominent gay rights activist Lt. Dan Choi delivered an impassioned speech to hundreds of CU students on Thursday, offering his personal story on the military’s “Don’t Ask; Don’t Tell” gays in the military policy.