Will Obama End Don’t Ask Don’t Tell?

Will President-elect Obama end the 15-year-old “don’t ask, don’t tell” which prevents homosexual men and women from serving in the U.S. military as an openly gay person?

Obama stated during his campaign that he was in opposition to the policy, but some have viewed his more recent statements of the issue as backpedaling.

On Friday, however, Robert Gibbs, a spokesperson for the Obama transition team answered a question asked by a Michigan resident who wanted to know if Obama was in fact planning to resolve the policy.

Gibbs stated:

“You don’t hear politicians give a one-word answer much. But it’s ‘Yes.’ “

Critics of the policy have stated the repeal of “don’t ask, don’t tell” may not happen immediately, as the demands of the economy and two wars are likely to take presidence over the policy reversal, but it does look like it may be inevitable.