New at Reason: Shikha Dalmia on Obama's Betrayal on Don't Ask Don't Tell

June 5, 2009

During his presidential campaign, Barack Obama promised to repeal the policy of Don't Ask Don't Tell, which bars gays from serving openly in the military. But as Shikha Dalmia writes, Obama now appears to be back-pedaling his way to political safety. Most notably, Obama recently did nothing—not so much as utter a whisper of protest—when West Point grad Dan Choi, an Iraq veteran and an Arab linguist, was fired for revealing that he was gay.

Read all about it here.