Orszag told me DADT savings were so small that they wouldn't be included in the budget. Then why were even smaller savings included?

Budget Director Peter Orszag told me today that I shouldn't be surprised that the repeal of Don't Ask Don't Tell isn't in the President's budget. Why? Because the savings I cited from repealing DADT - $30m to $60m a year - are so small, in the grand scheme of the Pentagon budget, that they'd be considered nothing more than "a rounding error." Too bad a document on the White House Web site brags about even smaller rounding-error savings in the Pentagon budget, suggesting that there's another reason the President isn't keeping his promise in the budget. More on AMERICAblog Gay.