Obama said at the MTV town hall today that DADT will be repealed but it must be repealed in an "orderly way." It's not an argument that the left is very happy with--they want Obama to wave his magic executive wand as opposed to going through Congress--but I have no doubt that Obama intends to repeal DADT. Bob Gates, secretary of defense, is pushing for repeal via Congress as well.
Obama also said at the town hall that he believes gay and transgender people are born the way they are, that it's not a choice.
DADT is the first topic Robert Gibbs addresses:
