Thompson supports repeal of DADT

This morning, President Obama signed legislation that will, once and for all, repeal the “Don't Ask, Don't Tell” policy of the Department of Defense. I am proud to be a cosponsor of the bill to repeal this discriminatory policy (H.R. 1283), and to have voted last week to repeal “Don't Ask, Don't Tell.”

President Obama has committed to fully implementing this new policy within months, bringing this discriminatory era of our armed forces to its rightful end. As I have said time and again, sexual orientation should not be a factor for deciding who should be able to serve and defend our country, and I am proud, as a combat veteran myself, to have been part of this important effort to end “Don't Ask, Don't Tell” once and for all.