July 27, 2011
Çortlanh (Obstruer
Obama Ends ‘Don’t
Ask Don’t Tell’
Gay military ban
will be lifted
(A P ) — P re sid e n t B arack
Obam a on Friday form ally signed
o ff on ending the ban on gays
serving openly in the military,
doing away with a policy that's
been controversial from the day it
was enacted and m aking good on
.his 2008 cam paign prom ise to the
gay com m unity.
The president joined Defense
Secretary Leon Panetta and Adm.
Mike Mullen, the joint chiefs of staff
chairman, in signing a notice and
sending it to Congress certifying
that military readiness would not be
hurt by repealing the 17-year-old
"don't ask, don't tell" policy.
That means that 60 days from
now the ban will be lifted.
"As commander in chief, I have
always been confident that our dedi­
cated men and women in uniform
would transition to a new policy in
an orderly manner that preserves
unit cohesion, recruitment, reten­
tion and military effectiveness,"
Obamasaid. "AsofSeptember20th,
service members will no longer be
forced to hide who they are in order
to serve our country."
C lassified / B
Before "don’t ask, don't tell," the
military did not allow'gays to serve.
But in 1993 President Bill Clinton
said gays would be discharged only
if their sexual orientation became
known.
"The president's certification of
repeal is a monumental step, not just
for those forced to lie in order to
serve, but for all Americans who
believe in fairness and equality,"
said Human Rights Campaign Presi­
dent Joe Solmonese.
Elaine Donnelly, who heads the
Center for Military Readiness, which
has lobbied against repeal, said it
will "undermine morale and readi­
ness in the all-volunteer force."
The Pentagon is expected to
spend the next 60 days preparing
the troops for the change, and iron­
ing out legal and technical details,
including how it will affect housing,
military transfers and other health
and social benefits.
In most cases, the guidelines re­
quire that gays and lesbians be
treated like any other member of the
military. There will be differences,
however. Same sex partners will not
get the same housing and other
benefits as married couples. Instead,
they are more likely to be treated like
unmarried couples.
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