Harry Reid shares victory over military’s gay ban with Lady Gaga and Lt. Dan Choi
“@ladygaga We did it! #DADT is a thing of the past.” — 18 Dec via web
“Five months after I promised to repeal #DADT, I’m so happy to give back this West Point ring to @ltdanchoi http://twitpic.com/3igbom” — 3 hours ago via web
Tweets from Nevada Senator Harry Reid to pop star Lady Gaga and discharged Army Lt. Dan Choi. (Twitter/SenatorReid)
He’d previously exchanged Tweets with Gaga in September. And in July he accepted Dan Choi’s West Point ring and promised to return it to him after Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell was repealed.
Today, Reid, Nancy Pelosi, and President Barack Obama were able to keep that promise. Obama signed a bill into law that effectively ends DADT. The President predicts that it will be a few months before full repeal will be instituted by the Pentagon, rather than years.
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