DADT Likely to Be Part of Defense Bill

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Barney Frank says that the White House "has been consistently committed" to ending Don't Ask Don't Tell. Good. It can't happen soon enough.

Here's the latest:

“Military issues are always done as part of the overall [Department of Defense] authorization bill,” Frank said, insisting that this has been the strategy for overturning the policy all along. “'Don’t ask, don’t tell' was always going to be part of the military authorization.”

Frank said he has been in direct communication with the White House, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s office, and other congressional leaders about the strategy for ending the 1993 ban on gays serving openly in the military. [...]

“Once the bill is passed, even if it hasn’t yet taken effect at that point, the president could justify a stop-loss order because it would no longer be the law -- it’s just a matter of time,” Frank explained.

Patience...