Obama Certifies End of 'Don't Ask Don't Tell' 7.58K Jim Newell 07/22/11 04:13PM Filed to: the president the president Dadt Dont ask dont tell Military The Gays Barack Obama Gettypic Tweetg President Obama certified the Pentagon's official notice of readiness to end the ban on gays in the military today. Members of the armed forces can start shouting about their gayness from the highest Afghani hilltops on September 20.