Secretary of Defense Gates is making a service announcement on Armed Forces Network (DADT)

[Solly Mack]

He said that he believes Congress will eventually repeal DADT.


Gates said the current repeal talk is a "deferred" repeal of 'Don't Ask. Don't Tell' (current committee votes in Congress), and how there will be no repeal (won't go into effect) until after the "study" is completed and reviewed (" a few months, if not until after the end of the year"), and until he and the Joint Chiefs all agree & state a repeal will not harm "unit cohesion".

This is just to let people know what Gates is saying on AFN in a message to the forces.

[napi21]

1. I think its good that he's doing that. Rumors are more rampant inside

the military than they are in civilian life, and I can just imagine people thinking "Hey this passed the House & (hopefully) the Senate so now we don't have to lie or worry about being found out." He's just telling them that it's status quo until you hear the change from ME!

[MineralMan]

2. Well, once they pass this, President Obama, as

Commander in Chief of all the armed forces, can simply order DADT to be ended. All it will take is an executive order, once the law is no longer in effect.

It is so simple. I hope he does it.

[Touchdown]

3. He can do it. He won't.

He doesn't like gay people.

[MineralMan]

4. We shall see.

I hope. I always hope.

[msongs]

5. Congress and Obama have transferred their constitutional authority to the military nt