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Gibbs says Obama will repeal “Don’t ask, don’t tell”


From Michelle Goldberg at The New Republic:

Ok, maybe this makes up for Rick Warren. A couple of months ago, Obama seemed to be walking back from his promise to undo the destructive “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy on gays in the military. But today, in a video posted on the change.gov website (a site, full disclosure, designed by my husband, who works for the Obama transition), Robert Gibbs sounded pretty unambiguous. The five-minute segment featured Gibbs answering questions that had been posted on the site and voted up by users. 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.”

Oh, okay, it makes me feel a little bit better. But just a little.

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By Jill Miller Zimon at 6:45 pm January 9th, 2009 in Barack Obama, Civil Rights, Gender, Military, Social Issues 

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