Don't Ask Don't Tell

CA Rep Introduces Bill To Delay DADT Repeal

Rachel Slajda | January 21, 2011, 8:38AM

Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-CA)

Gay servicemembers aren't in the clear quite yet.

As the Pentagon begins its work to repeal Don't Ask, Don't Tell, a process that is expected to take several months, a Republican congressman from California has introduced legislation that would likely delay the process.

Rep. Duncan Hunter's proposed bill would require the chief of staff of each military branch to sign off on repeal before it could be fully implemented. As the law currently stands, the President, the defense secretary and the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff all have to certify that repeal will not hurt military readiness. After that, the policy can be officially repealed in 60 days.

Hunter calls it the "Restore Military Readiness Act."

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