reason for sustaining the don't ask don't tell policy. i mean, i thought admiral mullen and chairman of joint chiefs of staff said something that summed it all up. today, based on the report and survey that was issued by the pentagon a couple of days ago, admiral mullen said it's my professional opinion that we can make this change, which is right, and do it in a way that will not compromise our military effectiveness. >> you've actually called this policy un-american. >> i think it is un-american. the basic american value, to me, enshrined in the declaration of independence is that we're all created equal. that was god's work. and as such we're all endowed with the same rights. at the beginning, those rights were obviously not really given to all americans, and in some ways american history is a journey to realize the basic promise of equal opportunity. and now we've extended it obviously to women and african-americans. in our time i think the front