Ed O’Keefe reports:

The Senate will vote next week on its version of the annual Defense Department authorization bill — a measure that includes language repealing the military’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy.

Aides to Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) confirmed Monday that a vote will occur next week. Potential differences between the House and Senate versions of the bill would still have to be hammered out, so final passage and a presidential signature still appear distant.

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