Evan Bayh: “The Pentagon simply failed to anticipate the magnitude of the challenge that we face there.”

We are paying a macroeconomic price for the delay in resolving this issue.

We should not discriminate against them. We should honor that service, honor that patriotism, the way we do the service and patriotism of any American who is willing to put on the uniform of this country.

In all likelihood there were gay Americans serving at Valley Forge, there were gay Americans at Gettysburg, there were gay Americans on Normandy Beach, there are gay Americans serving in Iraq and Afghanistan today.

The closer you got to the center of the city where Susan was, the worse and worse things got.