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2006. i know this is the first time youve talked about it on television. why is you decided to come forward in this way now and tell your story? >> for a variety of reasons. theres tremendous momentum that is going on right now in the house as well as the senate and also in the pentagon and the administration. theres a great deal of movement right now and impetus to timely get this ball rolling forward. partly from the senate, great staffers there as well as in the house. there are key organizat...

Hands right now? the executive director of service members legal defense network and peter spring the senior fellow for policy at the family research council. you served in the military. you were in the army. where were you stationed? what kind of unit were you in? >> i was in the infantry in south korea, 7th infantry division. i was a sharpshooter. >> as a gay man, what was it like? you were not in the open obviously. what was your experience in that regard? what did you learn in terms of this ...

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Issue for many years, especially service members legal defense networks been working on dont ask, dont tell since 1993 and the repeal part for five or six years now. this year weve given it our all and we still continue to. and thats not over yet. well still keep going on with the fight. >> david hall of the service members legal defense network. thanks for your time. >> thank you. >> for more on the politics of todays failure, lets turn to the washington bureau chief for mother jones magazine. ...

>> the senate majority leader harry reid reserved his ability to bring up the same vote again and some opponents of repeal believe there could be a chance to revisit the decision in december once the pentagon completes its study on how to lift the ban on gays serving openly in the military. the reminder of dont ask, dont tell would not have happened until 60 days after that pentagon review came in, yet it still drew objections from senators like john mccain. from gay rights advocates today obvio...

High-profile veteran who has championed the rights of gay americans to serve. general dan choi reenlisted today. he said this was a great day as he did that. others are warning against such a move. heres a statement from the service members legal defense network. during this period of uncertainty, service members must not come out and recruit and should use caution. if you come out now, it can be used against you in the future by the pentagon. i put that question, is this too risky too, the seni...

Completes its study on how to lift the ban on gays serving openly in the military. the reminder of dont ask, dont tell would not have happened until 60 days after that pentagon review came in, yet it still drew objections from senators like john mccain. from gay rights advocates today obvious frustration. the democrats have been against dont ask, dont tell for more than a decade. why we allowed this law to remain in effect for another two years is beyond me. i thing as a gay community we all bea...