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press room podium and listen to a tiny bit of what he had to say. >> it is hard to understand why speaker boehner would walk away from this kind of deal and, frankly, if you look at the commentary out there, there are a lot of republicans that are puzzled as to why it couldn't get done. in the interest of being serious about deficit reduction, i was willing to take a lot of heat from my party up until sometime early today when i couldn't get a phone call returned. my expectation was that speaker boehner was going to be willing to go to his caucus and ask them to do the tough thing bu...

As long as it takes to win, dan choy chained himself to the white house as part of an ultimately successful campaign to force the congress to act on don't ask/don't tell, the repeal of it, obviously t this year for the first time polls showed a majority of americans supported legalizing it. in march, a "the washington post" poll fouled 53% of people said that same-sex marriage should be legal. just fiveiers that number was only 36%. there's a major obstacle. it's call the defense of marriage act. it's a federal ban on same-sex marriage that was passed in 1996. the obama administration said e...

The military we'd be without don't ask/don't tell. so the answer i think is just be honest, be direct and hold people accountable. >> but let's keep it even more real. when you say pressure, what kind of pressure? >> i think you see know that one of the things cited in the intro. we had people like lieutenant dan choy, a very compelling figure, willing to take whatever action was required. this was a person that all he wanted to do was serve his country, and he wasn't allowed to do it. he wasn't willing to take it, so i think there are other people like dan choy, no longer willing to take this...

Who chained himself to the white house gate. new video, as i said. this is over apparently -- he's lieutenant dan choy who wants don't ask don't tell repealed animal chained himself to the fence. hey hey, who ho ho, don't ask has to go. he came out in full uniform to stage -- to the stage with duct tape over his mouth and stood in silence for a minute then took it off to speak. he spoke out against the embarrassing don't ask, don't tell policy. he said many people may have been discharged for telling the truth but, quote, love is worth it. a issue bubbling in washington. back to the healthcare...

It well. and we're trying to make sure that the core functions are preserved. >> reporter: in december, census bureau staged a test of the i.t. infrastructure with 8,000 workers across the country entering data on scripted cubes to see if they could hand the peak projected volume and auditors found significant problems adding system performance is not meeting operational needs. in washington, james rosen, fox news. >> bret: the senate arms services committee today heard from two former military officers who say they lost their careers because of the don't ask, don't tell policy. also retired f...