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Reply With QuotePresident Obama just certified the repeal of DADT!
AP sources: Leon Panetta to OK end of military gay ban
AP sources: Panetta to OK end of military gay ban - Yahoo! News
WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense officials say Pentagon chief Leon Panetta will certify that gays may serve openly in the armed services. News of his decision comes two weeks after top military leaders agreed that repealing the 17-year-old ban will not hurt military readiness.
The decision is not unexpected. The Pentagon has conducted months of internal studies and training to gauge how troops would react to the change triggered by a law passed by Congress and signed by President Barack Obama in December.
The Pentagon announcement is expected Friday, and Obama is expected to endorse it.
Repeal of the ban would become effective 60 days after certification, which could open the military to gays by the end of September.
The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because the decision has not been made public.
President Obama just certified the repeal of DADT!
Still has to go back to congress. It still ain't done.
I am from the American CIA and I have a radio in my head. I am going to kill you.
Pres certainly likes to do things in a roundabout sort of way, doesn't he? Shouldn't this have been done with some time ago?
If you reveal your secrets to the wind you should not blame the wind for revealing them to the trees.
- Kahlil Gibran
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