Apparently if the Obama administration has any plans to ditch don't ask, don't tell in the American military, they haven't gotten around to explaining it to the defense industry lobbyists they placed in charge of the Pentagon:
If Barack Obama's failure to support gay rights in the Prop 8 fight in California wasn't a tip-off, this should be.
When you've got a constituency that has nowhere else to go, your promises to them don't really matter.
The Pentagon says it has no plans to repeal the don't ask-don't tell policy for gay troops.
Pentagon spokesman Geoff Morrell said Tuesday that the military's top leaders have only had initial discussions with the White House about whether gay troops should be open about their sexuality.
Under current rules, openly gay troops can be discharged from the U.S. military.
Morrell said the White House has not asked for the 1993 policy to be scrapped.
"I do not believe there are any plans under way in this building for some expected, but not articulated, anticipation that don't ask-don't tell will be repealed," Morrell told reporters at the Pentagon.
President Barack Obama committed during the 2008 presidential campaign to moving to end the Clinton administration-era policy.
If Barack Obama's failure to support gay rights in the Prop 8 fight in California wasn't a tip-off, this should be.
When you've got a constituency that has nowhere else to go, your promises to them don't really matter.
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