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My editor popped into my office to ask “What's the headline?” out of the release of the long-awaited report on the repeal of don't ask don't tell. The answer was pretty easy. Defense Secretary Robert Gates wants the Senate to repeal don't ask don't tell before the courts force him to eliminate the policy. He urged that it be done during the lame-duck session and that those standing in the way “are rolling the dice that this policy will not be abruptly overturned by the courts.” Got that, John McCain? added by: mik661