Tuesday, June 14, 2011

DADT Repeal Official by the End of the Month

Robert Gates, the Defense Secretary of the US, claims certification of the repeal of DADT might be completed this month. In two Week Gates will be leaving his post and will be replace by Leon Panetta in two week.

 The move to end the ban on gay services could be one of Gates’ final acts as defense chief. But Gates stressed that he is not trying to hurry the process along, and that if it is not ready by the end of the month, Panetta can take action when he steps in. More than a million U.S. troops have been trained on the new law that repealed the 17-year-old ban on gays serving openly in the armed services, and Gates said the instruction has gone well. “I think people are pretty satisfied with the way this process is going forward,” he said. “I think people have been mildly and pleasantly surprised at the lack of pushback in the training.”

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