It is more verbose than necessary. Trust your reader to have some common sense: In the New York Times article "Obama Signs Away ‘Don't Ask, Don't Tell'", Sheryl Stolberg reports President Obama's signing of legislation to repeal DADT, the controversial law allowing gay soldiers to serve in the military as long as they keep their sexual orientation private.
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