Întrebat dacă Obama va pune capăt practicii „Don’t ask. Don’t tell” care permite homosexualilor să între în armată doar cu condiţia să păstreze secretul despre preferinţele lor sexuale, Gates a răspuns: „Această discuţie nu a progresat, până în acest stadiu al noii administraţii.Cred că preşedintele şi eu apreciem că avem deja destule lucruri de făcut şi că putem amâna puţin această problemă.”
De la adoptarea acestei legi, în 1993, circa 13.000 de soldaţi au fost excluşi din armată pentru că au vorbit despre homosexualitatea lor sau au fost denunţaţi, potrivit Reţelei de apărare juridică a militarilor (SLDN), asociaţie care militează pentru încetarea discriminării homosexualilor în armată
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