White House meeting to discuss legislative repeal of DADT in 2010.

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http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2010/10/26/White_House_To_Hold_DADT_Meeting/

A White House official tells The Advocate that pro-repeal groups are scheduled to meet Tuesday with White House officials to discuss the path forward on repealing “don’t ask, don’t tell” during the lame-duck session following the midterm election.

“The White House is meeting with several interested parties to discuss the legislative repeal of ‘don't ask, don't tell.’ The meeting will concern the work that remains to be done to ensure congressional action on this issue this year,” said the official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity.

The official declined to name any participants of the meeting, but sources tell The Advocate that senior White House adviser Valerie Jarrett and deputy chief of staff Jim Messina are expected to be present.

UPDATE: The Advocate has obtained a copy of an e-mail sent by Brian Bond, deputy director of the White House Office of Public Engagement and the de facto LGBT liaison, to the meeting’s participants, who include: Allison Herwitt and Joe Solmonese of the Human Rights Campaign; Shane Larson of the Stonewall Democrats; Winnie Stachelberg of the Center for American Progress; Aubrey Sarvis of the Servicemembers Legal Defense Network; R. Clarke Cooper of the Log Cabin Republicans; Alex Nicholson and Jarrod Chlapowski of Servicemembers United; Nathaniel Frank, DADT expert, formerly of the Palm Center; and Jim Kessler of the Third Way.

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