The U.S. House’s four openly gay members have asked President Obama to issue a veto threat against a defense spending bill that includes a measure to delay repeal of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.”
They sent the letter a week after the White House issued a statement threatening to veto the FY 2012 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) over several provisions. Although the White House statement “strongly objected” to three amendments that sought to delay repeal of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” (DADT), it did not threaten veto over those provisions.
The Republican-dominated House approved the bill May 26 with a number of the provisions to which the White House objected, including the three DADT amendments.
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