moving forward to try to implement some of these things that brad was just discussing. right now the only organization that has a federal lawsuit pending challenging the department of defense's don't ask, don't tell policy is log cabin republicans. one of the main co-sponsors of legislation trying to repeal it in the congress, a republican congresswoman from florida, ileana ros-lehtinen. we have republican co-sponsorships, 44 republicans vote for the dod authorization bill that would have put in place hate crimes protection for gays and lesbians. we have a long track record of bringing together republicans and democrats on bipartisan ways to go ahead and push the type of legislation through congress, but all we're getting is more feet dragging and empty promises from the obama administration. >> let me play what president obama said about gays serving openly in the military. >> we are moving ahead on don't ask, don't tell.