Obama Seeks Stay on Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell Ruling

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/15/us/politics/15military.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=administration%20seeks%20stay%20of%20ruling&st=cse

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From: barry levine 
Date: Fri, Oct 15, 2010 at 10:13 AM
Subject: re: Obama Seeks Stay on Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell Ruling
To: letters@nytimes.com


To the Editor:

   On July 26, 1948 president Harry Truman signed Executive Order 9981. With the stroke of a pen, he banned discrimination based on race, religion or national origin throughout the U.S. Armed Forces, years ahead of the rest of American society. If president Obama wants to play politics, he should go on blaming a paralyzed congress for not repealing "DADT". If he wants to end a policy that he campaigned against--and that the court has judged unconstitutional--he should follow the established precedent. He is the commander-in-chief; the buck stops with him.

Barry Levine