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Nearly 90 days ago, President Obama signed legislation to enable the repeal of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”, a discriminatory law that had been rejected by 75% of the American people and substantial majorities of both Houses of Congress. At that time, the President said, “I have spoken to every one of the service chiefs and they are all committed to implementing this change swiftly and efficiently. We are not going to be dragging our feet to get this done.”

The repeal legislation established only one requirement before the President, Secretary of Defense and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff could certify that the armed services were ready for repeal â€" that the Pentagon had prepared the necessary policies and regulations. Ninety days later, this relatively straightforward task has not been completed.

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