Barney Frank: 'DADT' repeal coming next year in next year's Dept of Defense Authorization Bill

[Tx4obama]

From Politco:

Frank: 'Don't ask' repeal coming next year

Kerry Eleveld reports that there's a plan and a timetable for repealing "don't ask, don't tell":

Repealing “don’t ask, don’t tell” will likely be included as part of next year’s Department of Defense authorization bill in both chambers of Congress, Congressman Barney Frank (D-Mass.) said Wednesday.

“Military issues are always done as part of the overall authorization bill,” Frank said, insisting that this has been the strategy for overturning the policy all along. “'Don’t ask, don’t tell' was always going to be part of the military authorization.”

Frank said he has been in direct communication with the White House, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s office, and other Congressional leaders about the strategy for ending the 1993 ban on gays serving openly in the military.

Full article here: http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/1109/Frank_Dont_Ask_repeal_coming_next_year.html

[joeybee12]

1. This is the third place barney's lies, er, justification have been posted...

...come on, this has been the plan all along? How dumb does Barney Fife think we are?

[Tx4obama]

2. Why the heck would anyone unrec this thread? Assholes! n/t

[SpartanDem]

3. I guess some people just prefer bad news to good news

[Ruby the Liberal]

4. This is an annual bill. Why don't they just send it through on its own?