Department of Defense

A conservative military watchdog says the supposed "compromise" worked out between President Obama and the Pentagon to repeal the law banning homosexuals serving in the military is nothing more than an attempt to pay back radical homosexual political supporters.

Associated Press reports that Defense Secretary Robert Gates is reluctantly supporting a White House-backed proposal in Congress that would immediately repeal the 1993 law that bans homosexuals from serving in the military.

Gates will back the measure because Congress has left it up to him when to implement the changes. The proposal was considered a compromise with some Democrats, who want an immediate repeal of the law...

In a breakthrough in the effort to overhaul the military's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy, Congress is set to vote as early as this week on a proposal to repeal the rule barring gays from serving openly in the military.

The plan would have Congress vote on repeal long before the Pentagon completes its review of how to implement the policy -- something the White House said it hoped would happen first.

But the Obama administration nevertheless backed the plan, saying the proposed amendment would still allow the Department of Defense to finish its work before implementing any changes...