MinnPost: Don't Ask Don't Tell opponents's biggest remaining foe? The calendar

WASHINGTON — Senate Democrats including Amy Klobuchar and Al Franken today launched a final push for a congressional repeal to the Don't Ask Don't Tell policy that bars gay men and lesbians from serving openly in the military, with Colorado's Mark Udall warning that "if we don't get this done this year, it could be years until it's done."

Hours later, Majority Leader Harry Reid said he will file a cloture motion on the Defense authorization bill, which includes a clause that will effectively repeal the law. Essentially, it gives the president and top military leaders the option to say that the policy can be repealed, and which point it would be. President Obama has said he'll end the policy if Congress gives him the option first.

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