Pelosi: Don't Ask, Don't Tell will be a sad memory in 2011

U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi told a crowd at a Gay & Lesbian Victory Fund event this week that "Don't ask, don't tell" will "just be a sad memory" after this year. She further suggested the policy could be ended without a vote in the Senate, where repeal legislation is being held up, saying, "that will happen with or without Congress." Pelosi was on hand to receive the Victory Fund's Gay & Lesbian Leadership Award, in recognition of her career-spanning support for LGBT equality.