The End of an Error: DADT Edition

[schmanda]

NBC: Panetta to OK end of military's gay ban

The Pentagon will announce Friday that Defense Secretary Leon Panetta and the Joint Chiefs have certified that the military is ready to end "Don't Ask Don't Tell," the policy preventing gays from openly serving, senior defense officials tell NBC News.

Each member of the Joint Chiefs had to submit a

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[supermishelle]

I'm so happy this will finally be done. Seriously, kudos to Panetta.

[stalkedbychibis]

Awesome, awesome, awesome!

[erunamiryene]

The next step is for President Barack Obama to certify the repeal, which then begins a 60-day waiting period to implement the repeal

... so, it was "repealed" (signed, whatever) LAST YEAR, it's still not done, and after the goddamn SecDef certifies it, it still has to be certified AGAIN, and then another two month wait? That's fucking ridiculous even by the "hurry up and wait" standards the military usually uses.

BUT, not to be debbie downer all over this, A+ to Panetta for (finally) signing it, and I'm still supremely disappointed in Gates for being a fucking assclown and not signing it before he went out the door. (There's a term for that, Gates, and it's called "sandbagging".)

[kittymink]

yay. Just do it