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President Obama has stated since his election campaign that he plans to do away with the Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell (DADT) policy in the U.S. military. But practically in the same breath, the Administration was making it clear that their timeline for action was in the range of “not anytime soon”. 
Defense Secretary Robert Gates appeared on Fox News Sunday today and stated that repelling DADT remains off the Administration’s list of priorities:  
WALLACE: In January, White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs gave a one word answer, “yes,” when asked if …

Notes from ’round the InterTubes…
Krugman gloats:
Seriously, isn’t it amazing just how impressive the people being named to key positions in the Obama administration seem? Bye-bye hacks and cronies, hello people who actually know what they’re doing.
archcrone begs to differ:
For myself, I had no illusions that I would be writing this post, asking the Obama administration where are the progressives, I just didn’t expect to have to write it this early on. I did expect at least a “token” progressive to be part of the Obama administration, but, apparently progressives aren’t …