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By ALLEN G. BREED and BRIAN WITTE
Associated Press Writers
ANNAPOLIS, Md. – When word came down of a judge’s ruling that gays could serve openly in the military, an Air Force officer received joyous congratulations from a comrade. Realizing there was someone in the room who didn’t know his sexual orientation, the officer pretended it was a joke and laughed it off.
He figured it was too soon – and too risky – to celebrate.