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Metro Weekly: Obama Addresses American Legion With No Mention of DADT Repeal
Obama Addresses American Legion, With No Mention of DADT Repeal - or Group's Opposition
By Chris Geidner
Three weeks from today, the U.S. Armed Forces will begin living in a post-"Don't Ask, Don't Tell" world. The 60-day congressional review period will have passed since President Obama, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Adm. Mike Mullen certified on July 22 that the military was ready, under the terms of the Don't Ask, Don't Tell Repeal Act, to end the 1993 law banning out gay, lesbian and bisexual servicemembers.
Today, however, President Obama addressed the American Legion, an organization that has steadfastly opposed ending DADT. He did not, however, mention the policy or its coming end -- or the group's opposition to its end.
Speaking about efforts and successes of the military in the world after Sept. 11, 2001, Obama told the roughly 6,000 people attending the American Legion National Convention in Minneapolis, "Credit for these successes, this progress, belongs to all who have worn the uniform in these wars."
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