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Obama Plans to Put an End to 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell'
Michelle Goldberg at The New Republic found a pretty encouraging tidbit in a video of Robert Gibbs answering users' questions at Change.gov (full disclosure, Michelle's husband works for Obama):
You're damn right it is.At the very end, he addressed this one: "Is the new administration going to get rid of the 'don't ask, don’t tell' policy?" He responded, "You don't hear a politician give a one-word answer much, but it's yes." Granted, he didn’t say when it was going to happen, but it's definitely an encouraging sign ...
Read Michelle's whole post here.
View the video here.
Tagged as: obama, military, goldberg, new republic, michelle, robert gibbs, lgbt rights, don't ask, don't tell
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