Vice President Joe Biden tells Larry King that the White House is working with members of Congress to try to repeal the military’s “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy.

Biden says the issue is “complicated for people to understand,” and disputes those who contend that President Barack Obama could simply sign away the policy. He says the Justice Department must defend the policy because it remains the law of the land.

He also says he “hopes” to see the end of DADT by the end of the year.

When I take on a job, I finish it.

After Sept. 11, I volunteered to fight for my country. I became a Captain in the U.S. Army and was awarded a Bronze Star while serving in Iraq. While in Baghdad, I counseled many active-duty servicemembers who came to me with tortured souls, concerned that their sexual orientation might end their military careers, as a result of the military's discriminatory "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy.

Right now critical discussions are underway among Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Sen. Carl Levin and Ranking Member Sen. John McCain and other senators about voting on the defense budget during the Senate's lame-duck session, which allows for "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" (DADT) repeal.

The stakes for repeal happening this year couldn't be higher.

Sen. McCain wants repeal language stripped out of the defense bill so he is not forced to take an on-the-record vote against funding the troops, and he wants the Democrats to give in to his outrageous demands.

The bottom line is that Monday's ruling by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals means "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" (DADT) is still in effect and service members should NOT come out.

This "stay pending appeal" follows the Ninth Circuit's "administrative stay" of the injunction issued last month by U.S. District Court Judge Virginia Phillips, which barred enforcement of DADT.