 President Barack Obama signed the bill into law on December 22, 2010.Following enactment, the Department of Defense charged a committee led by Clifford Stanley to oversee its implementation.Stanley's committee commissioned a comprehensive review of current policies, the repeal, and whether the new status quo would be consistent with the goals of, in the words of Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, "military readiness, military effectiveness, unit cohesion, and recruiting and retention of the Armed Forces."