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The U.S.A. goes moved to ban gay! Recently Robert Gates, the U.S. Defense Secretary, asked Congress should act quickly, before new members take their seats, to repeal the military's ban on gays serving openly in the military. Gates sounded optimistic that the current Congress would use a brief postelection session to get rid of the law known as "don't ask, don't tell." "I would like to see the repeal of "don't ask, don't tell" but I'm not sure what the prospects for that are," Gates said Saturday, as he traveled to defense and diplomatic meetings in Australia.
The current, Democratic-controlled Congress has not acted to lift the ban, which President Barack Obama promised to eliminate. In his postelection news conference Wednesday, Obama said there would be time to repeal the ban in December or early January, after the military completes a study of the effects of repeal on the front lines and at home. Gates also urged the Senate to ratify a stalled arms control treaty with Russia before the end of the current legislative session in January. "Partly I think things will depend on our assessment next spring and early summer of how we're doing," Gates said. "I think that will have the biggest impact on the president's decision in terms of the pacing."
Let us see how Congress takes steps to military's ban on gay?