The following comments may be attributed to Elaine Donnelly, President of the Center for Military Readiness, an independent public policy organization that specializes in military/social issues:
In response to news reports that Defense Secretary Leon Panetta and Joint Chiefs Chairman Adm. Mike Mullen will join President Barack Obama in issuing “certification” that repeal of the law regarding gays in the military will do no harm to the armed forces, Elaine Donnelly, President of the Center for Military Readiness released the following statement:
“It is not surprising that Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, Joint Chiefs Chairman Admiral Mike Mullen, and President Barack Obama would pull the trigger on the military on a Friday afternoon, making it less likely that anyone will report on the many “thorny issues” and serious social problems expected to ensue.
“Nevertheless, on the day that President Obama signs a paper ‘certifying’ that no harm will come to the military when repeal is implemented, he will own the San Francisco Military that he has created. 
“The Friday afternoon move indicates that this is nothing to be proud of. It is an obvious political payoff to activists of the (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender) LGBT Left, delivered at the expense of combat soldiers and Marines whose voices were heard but ignored during last year’s Pentagon “Working Group” process that was put on just for show.
“According to a previously-undisclosed Department of Defense Inspector General investigation of the Comprehensive Review Working Group (CRWG) process, the vaunted DoD “Survey of the Troops” was pre-scripted even before the survey began.
“The DoD Inspector General report revealed that misleading survey results, which obscured the strong opposition of 60% of combat troops and 67% of Marines, were prematurely and improperly leaked to the Washington Post in order to promote the campaign to repeal the 1993 law:
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