Incredibly, Barack Obama evidently believes this record is one on which he will be able to persuade already skittish Blue Dog Democrats and Republicans with a greater affinity for the needs of our military to go along with him on the repeal, not of Bill Clinton's DADT executive order, but of a statutory prohibition on openly homosexual individuals serving in the U.S. military.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Obama vs. the all-volunteer military