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Groups policy openly gay boys and men cannot be leaders and scouts. and shepherd wrote, the piece should have acknowledged the controversy with the boy scouts and gays in a world with growing accept taps and integration of gays in all aspects of society and there are positive aspects to scouting that needed to be recognizance recognized, but not the expense of giving listener a full picture. elliss, agree. >> speaking as a former cub scouts, troop 66 in new orleans. a comprehensive piece about t...

Headphones. and the reason why i said headphones. im holding them. she calls these headphones wearable technology, fashionable technology. she sees headphones as a new accessory, almost like jewelry. she evened a one point called these ear buds earrings. so she really kind of sees the integration of becoming more wearable, more fashionable through tech. >> it looks like an ear phone with -- or ear bud, as we call them, with a butterfly on it. >> correct. >> besides that, what kind of fashion sta...

Of more of an afghan face and then eventually transitioning to full afghan sovereignty in those provinces. so whats going on in the south is really a big story. i think because i think we will be successful. i think they have a very solid plan. the president rez karzai has endorsed it. and so were all very anxious to see the results here, but i think that the other thing that your viewers would like to know is that at the integration, the highest levels in our structures now, we have a senior ci...

In this offensive? what have they been able to offer you guys culturally, militarily? >> well, ill tell you, kyra, this has probably been the largest scale integration in partnering with the afghan army and police forces thus far certainly since the marine corps has been here in afghanistan. in the weeks preceding the operation, we brought two marine infantry battalions here along with three afghan can jk daks where they lived together, ate together, trained together for almost a month prior to ...

Americans this time last year thought he wasnt doing a very good job. that has now climbed up to the mid-30s and really where weve seen that growth is from people who were undecided a year ago, 20 percentage points. these people think, look, you know something, he isnt doing a good job. >> we shall see on that exactly whats going on. i think time, you know, it has to play out longer before we can figure it out. its been one year, a good gauge but going to be a bit. lets turn to dont ask/dont tel...

>> i think that what secretary gates and the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff articulated in testimony is the right thing to do i think the president has signalled his intent. this is a policy that has to evolve with the social norms of whats acceptable and whats not. >> time to lift it? you think it is broke now? >> i think times have changed. i think i was very much taken by admiral mull answers view that young men and women who wish to serve their country should not have to lie in order ...

Should remant miin the military policy? >> i think what the joint chiefs of staff articulated in testimony is the right thing to do. the president signaled his intent. this is a policy that has to evolve with the social norms of what is acceptable and what is not. >> you think its time to lift it? >> i think times have changed. i think i was very much taken by the view that young men and women that wish to serve their country should not have to lie in order to do that. i have served my country i...

Bunch of players really choosing to do right with the celebrity this game affords them. >> im not sure i agree with the assessme assessment. lets look at the history of racial politics in america. the question of the integration of national professional sports, whether its baseball or football, mattered a great deal. if we think about the black-fisted hands of olympic athletes -- >> 1968. >> in mexico city. that was certainly not a change in policy or direction, but it was a way of describing on...

The celebrity that this game affords them, dont we? >> sure. the thing is -- im not sure that i agree with the assessment that we shouldnt really think about progressive politics in sports. theres a lot of reasons to think about progressive politics in sport. particularly look at the history of racial politics in america. the question of the integration of national -- professional sports, whether baseball or football, mattered a great deal just on a symbolic level. if we think about the black-fi...

Disruption. >> let me ask you real quick, you have australia, canada, israel, france, some of our closest allies in nato, they allow gays to serve in the military. my father was a master sergeant, 30 years. many equate this to how african-americans were treated by the armed services. how is this different? there was the same argument made, as you know, about blacks in the military that some are making about gays in the military. >> well, let me address the integration of the military in the 1950...