Political Quotes

“I urge everyone who wants to get a full understanding of this issue of don't ask, don't tell to read his remarks. I would only say, if you sum it up, what my colleague has told us is that ending don't ask, don't tell will make us a stronger nation because we will have the unqualified support of people who are serving in the military in a situation where they have to hide who they are. This can't be good. Many of them are thrown out of the military. Frankly, if we do this, it means we are listening to the American people, a strong majority of whom support ending don't ask, don't tell; and listening to Secretary Gates, our Defense Secretary, who tells us he supports repeal; and listening, frankly, to the members of the military who have taken a survey and over 70 percent of them say we should end don't ask, don't tell. It is hard to understand why this is not being done.”