Evan Bayh: “I think that the time for more aggressive action draws really, really close.”

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.

Our national security has not been harmed by the integration of the Armed Forces.

Well, I would encourage you to keep an eye on that because to the extent that they are not harmonized, they can lead to some consequences that could hurt us commercially.

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