foxnews.com - 1/15/2009
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President-elect Barack Obama will allow gays to serve openly in the military by overturning the controversial "don't ask, don't tell" policy, according to incoming White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs.
sfgate.com - 1/14/2009
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sfgate.com —
Obama said during the campaign that he opposed
the policy, but since his election in November he...
has made statements that have been interpreted as backpedaling. On Friday, however, Obama spokesman Robert Gibbs, responding on the transition team's Web ...
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Obama will end 'don't ask' policy, aide says
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Obama Will End "Don't Ask, Don't Tell"
Taegan Goddard's Political Wire —
President-elect Obama "will allow gays to serve openly in the military by overturning the controversial 'don't ask, don't tell' policy that marred President Clinton's first days in office, Fox News reports. ...
Open For Comment
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T H I S .
I'm going to keep my own counsel.
Mess of Pottage
Daily Pundit —
... FOXNews.com - Obama to End Military’s ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ Policy - Local News | News Articles | National News | US News ...
Ending “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”
Patterico's Pontifications —
[Guest post by DRJ]
Incoming Press Secretary Robert Gibbs says Obama will end “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell:”
“The startling pronouncement, which could re-open a dormant battle in the culture wars and distract from other elements of Obama’s agenda, came during a Gibbs exchange with members of the public who sent in questions that were answered on YouTube.
“Thadeus of Lansing, Mich., asks, ‘Is the new administration going to get rid of the “don’t ask, don’t tell policy?’” ...
Obama and “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,” Will He or Won’t He?
The Moderate Voice —
... In what Fox News calls “a startling pronouncement,” President-elect Obama is said to be planning to overturn the controversial “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy. ...
Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell, Here We Are Back in Culture War Hell
The Moderate Voice —
... Well, not for Fox News, which, in reporting the story in its characteristically “fair” and “balanced” way, decided to spin the move as potentially damaging to Obama’s presidency and as a first strike in a renewed culture war: ...
Don't Ask Obama About Don't Ask Don't Tell
blonde sagacity —
... From January 14, 2009: "President-elect Barack Obama will allow gays to serve openly in the military by overturning the controversial "don't ask, don't tell" policy that marred President Clinton's first days in office, according to incoming White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs." (source) ...
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