Recognizing the hearing of the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate on the Don't Ask, Don't Tell policy, and the testimony of Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates and Admiral Michael G. Mullen at the hearing, as an important first step in permitting gay and lesbian Americans to serve openly in the Armed Forces and expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the policy should be repealed in 2010.

H.Res. 1090 is a resolution expressing the House of Representatives' support for ending the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy, which at the time prohibited gay and lesbian Americans from serving openly in the military. The resolution formally recognizes testimony from top defense officials as a significant step toward reform and states that the policy should be repealed within the year 2010. While this resolution does not change the law itself, it signals a commitment from the House to vote on repeal legislation and urges the Pentagon to finalize a plan for implementation that considers the needs of all service members.