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I'm fairly fed up with Obama's lack of action on repealing DOMA and, particularly, DADT. Counseling patience is one thing when you are out of power, but not when you are the President of the United States and leader of the political party that controls both houses of Congress.
Who, exactly, is Obama waiting for?
DADT in particular does not depend on Congress; as Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces, all Obama needs to do is order an end of the policy and instruct the chain of command to allow gays and lesbians to serve openly without harassment or discrimination, and to expect the world's greatest military to maintain the highest level of discipline and handle the change in policy professionally.
The order could have been drafted and forwarded to the heads of the branches in the time it took to plan or attend this event.
LMoE
