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No Rush to Repeal "Don't Ask, Don't Tell"
The Page by Mark Halperin — ... Boston Globe: Obama aides are telling the Pentagon and gay-rights advocates they have to study the implications for national security, get more congressional support before trying to overturn the law.       ...

Obama Stalls On Repeal of 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell'
Tennessee Guerilla Women — ... Iceland gets an openly lesbian prime minister . . and back in the U.S. we have to study the question of whether or not it's cool for gays to serve openly in the military! ...

Is Obama backing away from promise to lift the ban on gays in the military?
AMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth — A somewhat disturbing article in yesterday's Boston Globe made it sound like President Obama is reneging on his unequivocal promise to lift the ban on gays in the military. ...

Fait Diver: Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell, Don’t Stop.
David E's Fablog — by David E | (Visited 40 times) and above all, don’t hold your breath. “The Obama administration is telling the Pentagon and gay-rights advocates that it will have to study the implications for national security and enlist more support in Congress before trying to overturn the so-called “don’t ask, don’t tell” law and allow gays to serve openly in the military, according to people involved in the discussions. They said Obama, who pledged during the campaign to overturn the law, does not want to ask lawmakers to do so until the military has completed a comprehensive ...

Aubrey Sarvis: Please, Mr. President, No More Studies
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com — ... A story in Sunday's Boston Globe asserts that the Obama Administration is telling the Pentagon and gay rights activists that "it will have to study the implications for national security and enlist more support in Congress" before trying to overturn "Don't Ask, Don't Tell." The sources cited for this information are "people involved in the discussions" -- in a word, that well known and ever useful reporter's friend "anonymous." ...

Obama Backtracks on Don’t Ask Don’t Tell
RedState: Conservative News and Community — ... when it came to repealing the ban on gays openly serving in the military. Apparently the one word is ‘overpromising’ — which seems to be fast becoming the watchword of the new administration: ...

WITH ALL DELIBERATE SPEED: No rush to repeal ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’….
Instapundit — WITH ALL DELIBERATE SPEED: No rush to repeal ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’.

Thanks, Mr. Clinton
Once Upon a Time... — ... I learned from it, in some detail. I've learned a lot more since then. I had Barack Obama's number from the beginning, as I've analyzed in detail -- and including, let's not forget, Obama's underlying attitudes on gay-related issues. That post was written almost two years ago. Yeah, I had his number all right. You're "kind of good-looking" and "kind of cute" yourself, you lying, manipulative fraud. So for me, this comes with absolutely no element of surprise: The Obama administration is telling the Pentagon ...

'Anything but another study'
Ben Smith's Blog — ... The release cites a Boston Globe report on a coming study of the controversial program, which Obama had pledged to repeal, and the fact that it's playing out like this -- in public and in the press -- suggests the White House and its nominal allies aren't exactly working hand in hand. This issue, and this group, also exert outside influence inside gay politics, so there's likely to be more where this came from. ...

Is Obama Dragging His Feet on Overturning "Don't Ask, Don't Tell"?
Weekly Standard Blog — ... The Boston Globe reported this week that the Obama administration is not moving instantly to drop the "don't ask, don't tell" policy: ...

Don’t Ask Don’t Tell: We Are Watching and Waiting Mr. President
The Moderate Voice — ... President Obama has quietly indicated that he wants to take his time to make sure the process is carried out carefully, and given the political climate I understand that. I also understand that there are some practical and logistical issues to be worked out, which is why he wants input from the military chiefs on the subject to give him a basis of support to go to Congress and ask for a change. ...

Supporting Our (Closeted) Troops
ACSBlog: The Blog of the American Constitution Society — ... While on the campaign trail, then Sen. Obama pledged to end gay discrimination in the military. However, more recent indications have been that Pres. Obama is in no rush to put this policy to rest. ...