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Pentagon lawyers advise waiting to repeal 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell': report

By Bernard Hibbitts (editor) and University of Pittsburgh School of Law students.

[JURIST] The legal advisers for the US Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Adm. Mike Mullen, have advised him to delay an internal effort to repeal the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy, according to a Thursday Associated Press report. Mullen has reportedly received mixed input on whether lifting the ban is a good idea, with other Pentagon advisers suggesting that repealing the policy would not cause problems, but in-house legal counsel has advised him to wait until 2011. The delay would most likely make the policy a key issue in the 2012 presidential election. US President Barack Obama recently pledged to end the controversial policy, which subjects openly gay individuals to military discharge. After the US Supreme Court denied certiorari to review the policy in June, the US Senate Armed Services Committee announced that it would hold hearings to review it. Last year, more than 100 retired admirals and generals of the US military called for a repeal of the policy.

Full post as published by JURIST - The Paper Chase on January 14, 2010 (boomark / email).