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Afghanistan: One of First Openly Gay Female Soldiers Killed in Suicide Bombing

HeadlineDec 23, 2015

Meanwhile, new details about Monday’s deadly suicide bombing near the Bagram Air Base show that one of the six U.S. soldiers killed was Major Adrianna Vorderbruggen, one of the first openly gay female servicemembers. She had spent years working to repeal the U.S. military’s “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy, and died one day before the fifth anniversary of its repeal.

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