At this point, a stop loss order from Obama would temporarily prevent execution of the DADT policy, and once LGBT military staff come out, it'll be too hard to force them back into the closet. What are they going to do when the stop loss order expires? Tell soldiers that even though last week they could tell the world they are gay, they can no longer say so this week? Are you going to make same sex couples get divorced after  the temporary stop loss order expires? Once they're out and everyone realizes the sky hasn't fallen, the issue becomes more simple - freedom of speech.

Obama can do this, and once done, Congress can rescind DADT. Trying to get it done the other way around is political suicide for our elected Democrats.

Homosexuality (Part 1, Section H)
1. Basis

a. Homosexuality is incompatible with military service. The presence in the military environment of persons who engage In homosexual conduct or who, by their statements, demonstrate a propensity to engage in homosexual conduct, seriously impairs the accomplishment of the military mission. The presence of such members
adversely affects the ability of the Military Services to maintain discipline, good order,
and morale; to foster mutual trust and confidence among service members, to ensure the integrity of the system of rank and command; to facilitate assignment and worldwide deployment of service members who frequently must live and work under close conditions affording minimal privacy: to recruit and retain members of the Military
Services; to maintain the public acceptability of military service; and to prevent breaches of security.

b. As used in this action:
(1) Homosexual means a person, regardless of sex, who engages in, desires to engage in, or intends to engage in homosexual acts;

(2) Bisexual means a person who engages in, desires to engage in, or intends to engage in homosexual and heterosexual acts; and

(3) A homosexual act means bodily contact, actively undertaken or passively permitted, between members of the same sex for the purpose of satisfying sexual desires.

C. The basis for separation may include preservice, prior service, or current service conduct or statements. A member shall be separated under this section if one or more of the following approved findings is made:

(1) The member has engaged in, attempted to engage in, or solicited another to engage in a homosexual act or acts unless there are approved further findings that:

(a) Such conduct is a departure from the member's usual and customary behavior;

(b) Such conduct under all the circumstances is unlikely to recur;

(c) Such conduct was not accomplished by use of force, coercion, or intimidation by the member during a period of military service;

(d) Under the particular circumstances of the case, the member's continued presence in the Service IS consistent with the interest of the Service in proper discipline, good order, and morale; and

(e) The member does not desire to engage in or intend to engage in homosexual acts.

(2) The member has stated that he or she is a homosexual or bisexual unless there is a further finding that the member is not a homosexual or bisexual.

(3) The member has married or attempted to marry a person known to be of the same biological sex (as evidenced by the external anatomy of the persons involved) unless there are further findings that the member is not a homosexual or
bisexual and that the purpose of the marriage or attempt was the avoidance or termination of military service.
A

Clinton was a much better friend to the LGBT community than Obama is. We have DADT because Clinton tried to keep a campaign promise (what an idea) and was attacked by homophobes in the military and in his own party. And, before anyone starts yelping about DOMA, remember, DOMA was the compromise that avoided an amendment to the U.S. constitution that would have outlawed same-sex marriage. Had that amendment gone forth, and in the climate of the '90s I believe it would have been easily ratified by the states, marriage equality would not exist in any state. I hate DOMA and DADT as much as anybody, but they are not evidence of Clinton's capitulation; there are evidence of his political skill and his support of LGBT issues.