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Don't Ask Don't Tell Repeal Caps a Winning Lame-Duck Session for Obama
Last week, it was the tax deal . This morning, it was repeal of Don't Ask, Don't Tell , as President Obama signed a campaign promise into law, cheered by a big crowd of gay rights leaders.
By Warren Olney • • 1 min readLast week, it was the tax deal. This morning, it was repeal of Don't Ask, Don't Tell, as President Obama signed a campaign promise into law, cheered by a big crowd of gay rights leaders. Though the old policy will remain in effect pending the military's readiness to implement the repeal, Obama stressed, "We are not going to be dragging our feet to get this done." Richard Wolffe is a correspondent for MSNBC and author of Revival: The Struggle for Survival Inside the Obama White House.
