{"id":5435,"date":"2011-07-22T00:15:49","date_gmt":"2011-07-22T07:15:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=5435"},"modified":"2011-07-22T00:15:49","modified_gmt":"2011-07-22T07:15:49","slug":"dadt-countdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2011\/07\/22\/dadt-countdown\/","title":{"rendered":"DADT Countdown"},"content":{"rendered":"

We are likely just 61 days away from the time that gay Americans in the military will be able to serve openly, without having to hide who they are.  This has been way too long in coming.  It\u2019s a shame that there is a built in delay, but that\u2019s a story in itself.<\/font><\/p>\n

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\"whichgay\"The Obama administration is expected to announce Friday that the Pentagon is ready to permit gay men and lesbians to serve openly in the military, allowing President Obama to bring a formal end to the policy of \u201cdon\u2019t ask, don\u2019t tell,\u201d said a U.S. official and others familiar with the plans.<\/p>\n

In accordance with a law passed in December that authorized repealing the ban on gays in the military, Obama must receive notice from Defense Secretary Leon Panetta and top brass that the military is prepared to end the policy before the government stops enforcing it.<\/p>\n

The notice will verify that military readiness and recruiting will not be harmed by the repeal, according to the official and other sources, who spoke on condition of anonymity because the Pentagon\u2019s conclusions have not yet been announced.<\/p>\n

The policy will end 60 days after Obama formally certifies the repeal in writing to Congress\u2026<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Rachel Maddow explains the delay.<\/font><\/p>\n

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Visit msnbc.com for breaking news<\/a>, world news<\/a>, and news about the economy<\/a><\/p>\n

I look forward to the day that years of LGBT persecution in the military come to an end.<\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We are likely just 61 days away from the time that gay Americans in the military will be able to serve openly, without having to hide who they are.  This has been way too long in coming.  It\u2019s a shame that there is a built in delay, but that\u2019s a story in itself. The Obama […]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5435","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics","category-5-id","post-seq-1","post-parity-odd","meta-position-corners","fix"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5435","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5435"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5435\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5435"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5435"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5435"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}