Rep. Alcee Hastings (D-Fla.) has withdrawn an attempt to weaken "Don't Ask Don't Tell" under "pressure" from the White House, he said Wednesday.
Hastings' amendment would have added language to a defense appropriations bill that prohibited "spending money to investigate or discharge members of the military who reveal they are homosexual or bisexual."
Hastings told the Palm Beach Post that those urging him to drop his amendment "didn't want to tie the politics of this in with the appropriations process." He wouldn't name names, saying only that "I didn't talk to Barack Obama."
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/07/3 ... 47726.html
Hastings Withdrew DADT Amendment Under White House Pressure
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Re: Hastings Withdrew DADT Amendment Under White House Pressure
Obama's don't ask, don't tell, don't care policy, at least until the 2012 campaign. 
