After Defense Secretary Robert Gates announced that the release of the Pentagon Comprehensive Review on the Implementation of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” has been bumped up a couple days and will now be made available November 30, Log Cabin Republicans expressed their support of the law’s repeal and are pushing Congress to act swiftly.
Log Cabin Republicans Executive Director R. Clarke Cooper released the following statement urging Congress to repeal the legislation as soon as possible.
“As President Obama and the Democratic leadership try to cram more and more into a tight lame duck legislative calendar, every day the Senate has to consider this report is critical to efforts to repeal ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.
“Log Cabin Republicans firmly supported the study process, and we are grateful for the efforts of the Comprehensive Working Group to deliver the report ahead of schedule. With Defense leaders including Secretary Gates and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Mike Mullen calling for repeal, and the Pentagon having made early completion of this report a priority, it is incumbent upon the Senate to overcome any recalcitrance and end this failed and unconstitutional policy as soon as possible.”