WASHINGTON, D.C. – Taking advantage of the demise of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,” Army veteran Brian Carroll has announced his candidacy to run for the U.S. House of Representatives from Colorado’s newly drawn District 28. According to the Huffington Post, Carroll served two tours in Afghanistan and one in Iraq with Army Special Forces Information Management Division, Special Operations Command, and was openly gay in defiance of DADT. While abroad, Carroll specialized in building infrastructure and information technology resources in remote areas.