Obama says he will end “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”

Obama hasn’t followed through with a lot of the stuff he promised us. This ridiculous policy is an easy and obvious one to terminate, and he could’ve done so very early in his presidency. It’s about time “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” becomes a thing of the past. I hope he follows through on this one.

From the AP:

President Barack Obama pledged to end the ban on homosexuals serving openly in the military in a speech Saturday, but acknowledged to a cheering crowd that the policy changes he promised on the campaign trail are not coming as quickly as they expected.

“I will end ‘don’t ask-don’t tell,’” Obama said at the annual dinner of the Human Rights Campaign, a gay civil rights advocacy group.

He did not give a timetable for the repeal of the law passed by Congress in 1993 and signed by President Bill Clinton, who also promised to repeal the ban on homosexuals in the military but was blunted by opposition in the military and Congress.

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