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John McCain: The day that the -- the leadership of the military comes to me and says, 'Senator, we ought to change the policy,' then…

On the recordNovember 28, 2010
The day that the -- the leadership of the military comes to me and says, 'Senator, we ought to change the policy,' then I think we ought to consider seriously changing it, because those leaders in the military are the ones we give the responsibility to.
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John McCain
Republican · Arizona

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John McCain discusses the conditions under which he would consider changing the 'don't ask, don't tell' policy.

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