Photo from BarackObama.comFrom The Washington Times:
President-elect Barack Obama will not move for months, and perhaps not until 2010, to ask Congress to end the military's decades-old ban on open homosexuals in the ranks, two people who have advised the Obama transition team on this issue say.
Repealing the ban was an Obama campaign promise. However, Mr. Obama first wants to confer with the Joint Chiefs of Staff and his new political appointees at the Pentagon to reach a consensus and then present legislation to Congress, the advisers said.
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My Comment: This could become an explosive political hot potato for Congress in 2010. By delaying its implementation, I would not be surprised that this new policy will not be accepted. While the talk is about consensus, the fact is that the military (and many others) will take the opportunity to influence Congress not to accept this mandate.
If this report is true, it also indicates that President-elect Obama may not be too eager to proceed with policies that he has determined to be too controversial .... at least for the first term.