03/04/2013
https://www.congress.gov...
"the panel assessed that repeal of DADT poses a low risk to military effectiveness."
"This is not a social thing. This is combat effectiveness. That is what the country pays Marines to do."
"According to your report, 30 percent of those who turned in a survey said repealing DADT would have a negative impact on their ability to conduct their military mission."
"As I see it now, the policy approved in 1993 has worked and I do not see a need to change something that is not impacting our force."