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[Ghoulish Delight]

Originally Posted by Moonliner

Without taking time to Google it...

Didn't President Clinton make pretty much the same promise (allowing gay to serve openly) but was unable to make it happen and thus we ended up with D.A.D.T.?

What's different with Obama?

16 years. A military severely short on personnel that's had to boot out people in critical positions (such as, oh, Arabic translators) over this stupid policy. Support of people like Colin Powell. Just to name a few things.