DADT update

The signing ceremony for the DADT legislation took place this morning at the Interior Department. They had invited a lot of people, so the only building with a sufficiently big room was over at interior. Joe attended (I was invited, but had already left for Chicago for Christmas). Joe did some photo coverage here. Here is the President's speech at the event.

A lot of the media is talking about how today DADT was repealed. It wasn't. Today we gave the President, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, and the Secretary of Defense the ability to get rid of DADT if they so choose at some point in the future. So DADT won't be repealed until the President, along with DOD, decides to do just that. The legislation preserves that option, an option that wouldn't have existed legislatively once the Republicans take over the House. So this is a good thing. It's not, however, a repeal - yet.