Legal Commentary

Gates: Reform Of DADT Put On Backburner

By Big Tent Democrat

On January 14, 2009, Robert Gibbs said that President Obama would lift the "Don't Ask Don't Tell" policy regarding gays in the military. Gibbs did not promise when this would occur. Robert Gates says not soon:

Don't expect any change soon to the "don't ask, don't tell" policy about gays in the military. Defense Secretary Robert Gates says both he and President Barack Obama have "a lot on our plates right now." As Gates puts it, "let's push that one down the road a little bit."

It's not a top priority for me, but something I hope the President gets to sooner rather than later. But like, EFCA, it seems the repeal of DADT (which was an improvement over the previous zero tolerance policy) is not something that will be addressed this year.

Speaking for me only

Full post as published by TalkLeft on March 29, 2009 (boomark / email).