discharged if they were intercepted. now, soon the day's going to come when they don't have to worry about those sorts of things. >> let's take a quick look at what you saw today so everybody else can see. >> no longer will tens of thousands of americans in uniform be asked to live a lie. or look over their shoulder in order to serve the country that they love -- [ applause ] as admiral mike mullen has said, our people sacrifice a lot for their country. including their lives. none of them should have to sacrifice their integrity as well. >> theen, why do you think it took so long? >> you know, this was a challenging breaux l pprocess t entire way. i'm excited to see we made it this far. i was excited to see the level