The closer you got to the center of the city where Susan was, the worse and worse things got.

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.

I believe is discriminatory. Times have changed since then and it seems to me we should respond to those changes, changes in the attitude of our people, the acceptance of gay and lesbian people in the workplace.

There's something fundamentally wrong about that. If we can pursue our Nation's security without putting them or us as a country institutionalizing hypocrisy, I think America is stronger, we are a more just and secure country.

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

if there are Americans who are willing to lay down their lives for our country and make that kind of sacrifice, and we can enable them to be that kind of patriot without harming our national security, not only is it better for them, it is…

it's time now to allow men and women to serve their country and to do so without having to conceal their sexual orientation.

we should not discriminate against them. We should honor that service, honor that patriotism, the way we do the service and patriotism of any American who is willing to put on the uniform of this country.

We avoided the worst possible outcome with the downturn.

And the more protracted this foreclosure problem, the more that delays recovery.

The Fed, though, is now engaged in some rather extraordinary efforts, which I support, to prevent a lapse back into a more sluggish economy.