03/26/2012
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"I believe it is an important matter of keeping faith with those currently serving in the Armed Forces that the Secretary of Defense-commissioned review be completed before there is any legislation to ..."
"Let me just say that we base a lot of our decisions, probably too many, on samples about political questions and our standing that are a lot smaller than the number that you had responding here."
"Success in America, in the military, is based not on who you are but what you do."
"My concern is legislative changes at this point leading sailors to question whether their input matters."