President Promised To Repeal Policy On Gays In The Military But Has Not Acted; Gay Groups Growing Increasingly Impatient "The Court is signaling the other two branches of government that any change to this policy is going to have to come from them, the executive and legislative branches," CBS News chief legal analyst Andrew Cohen, who adds that the decision is not an endorsement of the policy. "The Court isn't endorsing the policy - it's simply choosing as it usually does to stay out of military policies. Historically the Justices have been willing to give great deference to the White House in military affairs," Cohen writes.

On the CBS News June 2, 2009 | by Brian Montopoli

Perhaps the highest-profile recent discharge has been that of Lt. Dan Choi, a linguist fluent in Arabic who publicly announced his homosexuality in March. In April of last year, the president explicitly addressed the discharge of officers like Choi in an interview with The Advocate magazine.

"We're spending large sums of money to kick highly qualified gays or lesbians out of our military, some of whom possess specialties like Arab-language capabilities that we desperately need," he said. Roughly 12,500 service members have been discharged under the "don't ask" policy since it was implemented, among them 800 "mission critical" troops.

CBA Political Hot sheet on the Internet: As long as the promise of equality for all remains unfulfilled, all Americans are affected," he said. "If we can work together to advance the principles upon which our Nation was founded, every American will benefit. During LGBT Pride Month, I call upon the LGBT community, the Congress, and the American people to work together to promote equal rights for all, regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity."

But four-and-a-half months into his presidency, Mr. Obama has not acted on his campaign promises on gay issues. Pressed on the lack of action on "don't ask," White House spokesman Robert Gibbs indicated that the administration is working with the military to end the policy in a responsible way. He also said that doing so requires a "legislative vehicle." (Legislation has been introduced in the House, but not the Senate, to change the law.)

As I stated in my last article on American Chronicle, The United States government needs to be revamped and this includes policies, and procedures not just the laws and statutes. I love my country and I am proud to be an American Woman! I am also a proud American woman advocate for all human rights for the entire world. I am a voting constituent here me. President Obama ran on “CHANGE” well, “President Obama as Commander in Chief, Sir, with all due respect, now is the time for all good men and women be they straight, gay, lesbian, bisexual, or transgender to come to the aid of their country to assist in creating a better world for the greater good and the entire global community.”.

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