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Pentagon to Certify End to ‘Don’t ask, Don’t tell’ Tomorrow
Jul 21st, 2011 | 5 responses
The Los Angeles Times reports that:
Pentagon officials will announce Friday that the ban on homosexuals serving openly in the military can be lifted without harming military readiness, a step that will likely bring the controversial “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy to an end in September, two Defense officials said,
Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta and Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, are recommending to President Obama that he proceed with final repeal of the nearly two-decade-old policy, the officials said.
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5 Responses to “Pentagon to Certify End to ‘Don’t ask, Don’t tell’ Tomorrow”
Man this is a big deal. I wonder how it’s going to work out?
Gay troops have always been there and DADT or not their fellow soldiers knew who they were. In most cases they only thing they care about is if the soldier shoots straight.
It will be fine.
Not a biggie. If it’s the Pentagon that set the policy, it’s the place of the Pentagon to change it. I doubt many but the farther Right will complain. (Say I again, famously and humbly: “Just shoot straight.”)
Biggie or no biggie we are soon going to find out.
True, Allen. It depends on if either side tries to exploit this, and how.