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Secretary Gates changes stance on revised DADT repeal law

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Defense Secretary Robert Gates has given his reluctant support for a compromise bill involving the repeal of the military’s Don’t-Ask-Don’t-Tell (DADT) policy on homosexuals in the military.  Pentagon press secretary Geoff Morrell says Gates continues to argue that any vote should wait until the Department of Defense (DOD) investigation on the effects of ending this policy is complete around the first of December.  

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