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updated 5/26/2010 10:32:38 AM ET 2010-05-26T14:32:38


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"There are members of their base who think if somebody even smiles at me, they think, 'You're a traitor, you smiled at Obama,'" the president said.



As happened during his last trip to California, Obama was interrupted during a fundraising speech by a man who shouted out, "move faster on Don't Ask, Don't Tell," according to the pool report of the event.

Obama responded, saying that the man "didn't read the newspapers," a reference to a deal struck by the White House on Monday to begin the process of overturning the ban on gays in the military.  "C'mon man," Obama said, "we ended up initiating a series of steps" to end the ban. 











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