Gays question Obama 'don't ask, don't tell' pledge
By Christine Simmons, Associated Press Writer
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WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama restated his campaign pledge to allow homosexual men and women to serve openly in the military, but left many in his audience of gay activists wondering when he would make good on the promise.
"I will end 'don't ask-don't tell,'" Obama said Saturday night to a standing ovation from the crowd of about 3,000 at the annual dinner of the Human Rights Campaign, a gay civil rights advocacy group. He offered no timetable or specifics and he acknowledged some may be growing impatient.
"I appreciate that many of you don't believe progress has come fast enough," Obama said. "Do not doubt the direction we are heading and the destination we will reach."
I don't think he will get a chance to do this until late in his first term or until his second term. Its just too hard to get much achomplished on your first two years of the presidency.