Evan Bayh: “The message to voters back home is that he is focused on being a strong effective commander-in-chief. He's going to…”

These men and women will be the builders who will be responsible for taking abstract concepts and turning them into a reality.

There's something fundamentally wrong about that. If we can pursue our Nation's security without putting them or us as a country institutionalizing hypocrisy, I think America is stronger, we are a more just and secure country.

it's time now to allow men and women to serve their country and to do so without having to conceal their sexual orientation.

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.