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		</div><p><a href="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/obama-backs-gays-in-military-move.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full" title="US President Barack Obama agrees with changing the stance on gays in the US military." src="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/min-obama-backs-gays-in-military-move.jpg" alt="US President Barack Obama agrees with changing the stance on gays in the US military."/></a></p>
<p>President Barack Obama agrees with a Pentagon survey that overturning the US military&#8217;s ban on gay service members would not be disruptive, the White House said.</p>
<p>Mr Obama continues to believe that the &#8220;don&#8217;t ask, don&#8217;t tell&#8221; policy is divisive and should be overturned bylaw, his spokesman Robert Gibbs said.</p>
<p>Mr Gibbs said the repeal of &#8220;don&#8217;t ask, don&#8217;t tell&#8221; was discussed during Mr Obama&#8217;s meeting with bipartisan politicians.</p>
<p>The Pentagon study on gays in the military has determined that overturning the &#8220;don&#8217;t ask, don&#8217;t tell&#8221; law might cause some disruption at first but would not create any widespread or long-lasting problems.</p>
<p>The study provided ammunition to congressional Democrats struggling to overturn the law. But even with the release of today&#8217;s study, there was no indication they could overcome fierce Republican objections with just a few weeks left in the year-ending session of Congress.</p>
<p>Democrats will be in the minority when Congress reconvenes in early January.</p>
<p>Study co-chairs Pentagon General Counsel Jeh Johnson and Army General Carter Ham said: &#8220;We are both convinced that our military can do this, even during this time of war.&#8221;</p>
<p>US defence secretary Robert Gates and the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff Admiral Mike Mullen said Congress should act quickly because of a recent effort by a federal judge to overturn the law.</p>
<p>Mr Gates said the military needs time to prepare for such a change, even though he said he did not envisage any changes to personnel policy that would be needed. He said a sudden court-issued mandate would significantly increase the risk of causing disruption to the force.</p>
<p>&#8220;Given the present circumstances, those that choose not to act legislatively are rolling the dice that this policy will not be abruptly overturned by the courts,&#8221; Mr Gates said.</p>
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