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Wide of US President Barack Obama shaking hands with repeal supporters UPSOUND (English) Barack Obama, US President: \"Thank-you. Yes we did!\"2. Wide of audience applauding and then sitting3. SOUNDBITE: (English) Barack Obama, US...\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class='full-description hide'\u003e1. Wide of US President Barack Obama shaking hands with repeal supporters UPSOUND (English) Barack Obama, US President: \"Thank-you. Yes we did!\"\u003cbr/\u003e2. Wide of audience applauding and then sitting\u003cbr/\u003e3. SOUNDBITE: (English) Barack Obama, US President:\u003cbr/\u003e\"So this morning I am proud to sign a law that will bring an end to \"Don't Ask, Don't Tell.\" (applause) It is a law, this law that I'm about to sign will strengthen our national security and uphold the ideals that our fighting men and women risk their lives to defend.\"\u003cbr/\u003e4. Wide of audience with Attorney General Holder and Treasury Secretary Geithner\u003cbr/\u003e5. SOUNDBITE: (English) Barack Obama, US President:\u003cbr/\u003e\"But I've spoken to every one of the service chiefs and they are all committed to implementing this change swiftly and efficiently. We are not going to be dragging our feet to get this done.\"\u003cbr/\u003e6. Wide of audience\u003cbr/\u003e7. SOUNDBITE: (English) Barack Obama, US President:\u003cbr/\u003e\"For we are not a nation that says, \"Don't Ask, Don't Tell.\" We are a nation that says; 'out of many, we are one.' We are a nation that welcomes the service of every patriot. We are a nation that believes that all men and women are created equal. Those are the ideals that generations have fought for. Those are the ideals that we uphold today and now it is my honour to sign this bill into law.\"\u003cbr/\u003e8. Obama walks over to table to sign bill, pull out to wide\u003cbr/\u003e9. Mid of Obama signing bill, pull out to wide\u003cbr/\u003e10. Mid of Obama finishing the signing of bill, banging hand on table to indicate it's done (English) Barack Obama, US President: \"This is done.\" UPSOUND: applause\u003cbr/\u003e11. Cutaway of audience on feet applauding\u003cbr/\u003e11. Retired Commander Zoe Dunning walks down hallway\u003cbr/\u003e12. SOUNDBITE: (English) Zoe Dunning, Retired Commander, US Navy:\u003cbr/\u003e\"This is a proud day for America. I think this is a time when those, I always talk about veterans as these are people who, at one point in time in their life went to a recruiters office and wrote a blank check to the American people redeemable up to and including their life. And really, all we can do to pay that back to them is to treat them with respect and allow them to serve openly without dishonour and do it without fear that today is going to be my last day at work.\"\u003cbr/\u003eWashington, DC December 22, 2010\u003cbr/\u003e13. Cutaway of Obama speaking with Dunning in background\u003cbr/\u003e14. SOUNDBITE: (English) Zoe Dunning, Retired Commander, US Navy:\u003cbr/\u003e\"I mean, that's the great thing about the military - they take their orders from above. And so, I think if you have the very top of the military sending that strong signal that this is what's acceptable and this is what is not. That will filter down through the chain of command. And, if it doesn't you have to hold people accountable. I think the military is pretty good at that, as well. So, I think that if any institution can implement this policy in an effective way, I actually think that the military is it.\"\u003cbr/\u003e15. Zoe Dunning talking with Admiral Mike Mullen, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff \u003cbr/\u003eDeclaring that members of the US military will no longer be asked to lie, US President Barack Obama fulfilled a campaign promise on Wednesday and signed a landmark law repealing the ban on gay men and women serving openly in the armed services.\u003cbr/\u003eThe signing ceremony was a breakthrough moment for the US gay community, the military and for Obama himself. \u003cbr/\u003eThe president vowed during his 2008 campaign to repeal the law and faced pressure from liberals, a significant base in his Democratic party, who complained he was not acting swiftly enough.\u003cbr/\u003eThe new law affecting the military ended the 17-year-old \"don't ask, don't tell\" policy that forced gay military members to hide their sexual orientation or face dismissal. \u003cbr/\u003eIts repeal comes as American public opinion on such issues as gay marriage and gay rights in general has grown more tolerant.\u003cbr/\u003eThe service chiefs must first complete implementation plans before lifting the old policy - and they must certify to lawmakers that it will not damage combat readiness, as critics charge. \u003cbr/\u003eBut Obama said: \"We are not going to be dragging our feet to get this done.\"\u003cbr/\u003eObama hailed the \"courage and vision\" of Defence Secretary Robert Gates and praised Gates and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Admiral Mike Mullen, who advocated changing the law.\u003cbr/\u003eThe Pentagon now must begin addressing the practical consequences of the law. \u003cbr/\u003eGuidelines must be completed that cover a host of questions, from how to educate troops to how sexual orientation should be handled in making barracks assignments.\u003cbr/\u003eWhile officials have avoided timetables, the process will probably take months.\u003cbr/\u003eOne former commander in the United States Navy, Zoe Dunning, stood behind President Obama as he signed the bill.\u003cbr/\u003eCommander Dunning is a Naval Academy graduate who served openly as a lesbian member of the armed forces under \"don't ask, don't tell\".\u003cbr/\u003eDunning said that gay service members just want to be able to do their jobs without fear of being stigmatised by their sexual orientation.  \u003cbr/\u003eDunning also said that she did not think that implementation of the new law would cause problems.\u003cbr/\u003e\"I think if you have the very top of the military sending that strong signal that this is what's acceptable and this is what is not. That will filter down through the chain of command,\" she said.\u003cbr/\u003eBorn 17 years ago as a compromise between former US President Bill Clinton and a resistant Pentagon, the \"don't ask, don't tell\" policy became for gay rights campaigners a notorious roadblock on the way to full acceptance.\u003cbr/\u003eMilitary and administration officials are wrestling with numerous legal questions raised by the end of the ban - knowing that courts are waiting in the wings. \u003cbr/\u003eThey include what to do about pending expulsion proceedings, and when those ousted under the old policy might apply to rejoin the armed forces.\u003cbr/\u003eThe new law is the second of three expected victories in what's turned out to be - for Obama - a surprisingly productive post-election Congress. \u003cbr/\u003eWeeks after his self-described \"shellacking\" in the November 2 vote, he has won lopsided approval of a tax cut compromise with the opposition Republicans, and the Senate has delivered his 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