" 'Don't ask, don't tell' policy to change
Defense officials will announce changes to the government's policy of barring open homosexuals from serving in the military, though amendments may take years to implement."

Implementation may take years?? Hell, there are plenty of gays in the military now. What is there to implement? There is also talk of possibly polling military personnel for opinions and attitudes. What would have been the result of such a poll when President Truman integrated the armed forces? And I don't recall years of implementation of his integration order.