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Chalk one up for the Defense Department.

Defense Secretary Robert Gates announced last week during a visit to Fort Bliss, Texas, hat military personnel as well as civilians will no longer have to reveal previous mental health treatment when applying for security clearances for sensitive positions.

The exceptions are if treatment was ordered by a court or was related to violence.

The change is a welcome one. Especially in light of recent studies that indicate large numbers of military men and women who served in Afghanistan and Iraq suffered from post traumat...