U.S. Government to Clarify Stance on "Don't Ask Don't Tell"

07.12.11 | Sarah Harnisch

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals is requiring the Obama administration to state whether it will continue to defend -- in the court system -- the military ban on open homosexuality. The order comes five days after the same appeals court ruled that the government must immediately stop enforcing the DADT law. President Obama repealed the 17-year-old law in December, but the Pentagon was given unlimited time to prepare before finally implementing it.