Evan Bayh: “I agree with that. I'm just trying to figure out how we're going to get there and what is reasonable to expect in the…”

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.

I would like to thank all of our witnesses today for your contributions.

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.

It has been a privilege for me to work with you.