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Gates: Congress Should Repeal DADT Before January

HeadlineNov 08, 2010

Defense Secretary Robert Gates is urging members of Congress to repeal the Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell policy before Republicans take control of the House in January. But deep divisions remain inside the armed forces on the policy change. Over the weekend, the new commander of the Marine Corps, General James Amos, told reporters now is not the time to repeal the ban.

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