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To in washington from time to time, when im in town, was a national guard chaplain. he had just gotten out of the guard. his unit was sent in. he managed to get back in so he could go with them. that attitude is what you find. they are so caring about each other, their unit, and you feel their faith in watching them and listening to them. >> sean: if you are not being criticized you are not doing very much is one thing you said in the book. as we look at the current conflict emerging in egypt, j...

To in washington from time to time, when im in town, was a national guard chaplain. he had just gotten out of the guard. his unit was sent in. he managed to get back in so he could go with them. that attitude is what you find. they are so caring about each other, their unit, and you feel their faith in watching them and listening to them. >> sean: if you are not being criticized youare not doing very much is one thing you said in the book. as we look at the current conflict emerging in egypt, jo...

Gays openly serving in the military would bring positive mixed or no results. >> the finding suggest for large section of the military, repealing "dont ask, dont tell," though potentially disruptive in the short term would not bringhe change that many feared and predicted. >> when asked whether the repeal would have negative impact on combat operations or the ability of the military to function, 69% said they worked in the past with a coworker who was homosexual. 92% described the you wants abil...

The paradox here that some of the people the army judges to be among the best also might be taken out by this policy that isnt based on your performance but instead on how you were born. so when he informed me of that, i talked to my chaplain for a couple hours, just to make sure i was making the right choice, and i walked back into his office, and i told him what the truth was, because essentially i came to the conclusion that id lived a government-mandated lie to cover up who i was to actually...

Minority of the army receives. at the same time he said but also youre under investigation for being gay. its really kind of exemplifies the paradox here that some of the people the army judges to be among the best also might be taken out by this policy that isnt based on your performance but instead on how you were born. so when he informed me of that, i talked to my chaplain for a couple hours, just to make sure i was making the right choice, and i walked back into his office, and i told him w...

>> and the other thing that report said, chuck, and this is something that ive been working on since i joined the armed services committee. theres a real problem with substance abuse. we have deployed multiple times, and these guys have been in very stressful situations. many of them have had painful injuries and been prescribed drugs. many of them may be overindulging in alcohol. we have not given them a safe place to get help. usually when someone is over medicating like that with alcohol or d...

Here stateside within the national guard units, someone they can talk to besides the chaplain when feeling emotional stress. >> do you think there needs to be change in the recruitment standards, maybe they -- frankly, stwrarnds lowered a little bit and maybe some folks were accepted into the army normally wont have been accepted but because they needed the troops, they accepted folks that maybe had a criminal background that maybe was a little -- shouldnt have been forgiven. >> im not sure how ...

Be credible. ill be conducting an inquiry and would like to ask you some questions, but first, i must inform you of your rights under article 31. do you understand your rights as i explained them? >> yes, sir, i do. but i dont what this is about. >> as i said, i received a report that you and another male were seen engaging in a homosexual act in the barracks yesterday. >> sir, i would like to talk to a defense counsel before making any further statement. >> fine, pfc howard, i understand. the i...

I consider this information to be credible. ill be conducting an inquiry and would like to ask you some questions, but first, i must inform you of your rights under article 31. do you understand your rights as i explained them? >> yes, sir, i do. but i dont what this is about. >> as i said, i received a report that you and another male were seen engaging in a homosexual act in the barracks yesterday. >> sir, i would like to talk to a defense counsel before making any further statement. >> fine, ...

As you most likely would with someone who is gay or lesbian, how would you handle that? what would you do? would you discuss it with the person? would you discuss it with the chaplain? or would you just go on and conduct your military life? and another example, if dont ask, dont tell is repealed, how were that affect your willingness, your desire to continue to serve in the military? all these types of questions being asked. again, we wanted to look at this idea of asking the troops about an ord...