07/29/2009
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"What matters is a willingness and an ability to perform the mission, not an individual's sexual orientation."
"The Uniform Code of Military Justice applies to everyone, gay and straight."
"Sixty-nine percent of Americans are recorded as supporting their right to serve."
"I don't think, respectfully, there's any basis for saying that, if we repeal 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell,' the number of homosexual assaults will go up."