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The next day was the prop 8 before the supreme court. then senator hester came out in favor of same-sex marriage. then they heard doma case, and kay hagan's turn. the next one, bob casey from pennsylvania, then senator tom carper, bill nelson from florida. two more, one from north dakota, joe donnelly of indiana. then tim johnson of south dakota toppled. that's 12 u.s. senators in three weeks evolving in rapid succession. that doesn't mean it is all of them. there are a few holdouts among senate democrats, by a few, i mean three. mary landrieu, mark pryor, and joe manchin. and being among thos...

Then they heard the doma case, and kay hagan's turn. the next one, bob casey from pennsylvania, then senator tom carper, bill nelson from florida. two more, one from north dakota, joe donnelly of indiana. then tim johnson of south dakota toppled. that's 12 u.s. senators in three weeks evolving in rapid succession. that doesn't mean it is all of them. there are a few holdouts among senate democrats, by a few, i mean three. mary landrieu, mark pryor, and joe manchin. and being among those three is an awkward place to be. >> i have very personal views about same-sex marriage. i believe people sho...

Rockefeller, mark warner, mark begich. the next day was the prop 8 before the supreme court. then senator hester came out in favor of same-sex marriage. then they heard doma case, and kay hagan's turn. the next one, bob casey from pennsylvania, then senator tom carper, bill nelson from florida. two more, one from north dakota, joe donnelly of indiana. then tim johnson of south dakota toppled. that's 12 u.s. senators in three weeks evolving in rapid succession. that doesn't mean it is all of them. there are a few holdouts among senate democrats, by a few, i mean three. mary landrieu, mark pryor...

Director of the cia. i am not going to meddle in the affairs of afghanistan. it was an interesting dynamic in terms of his assention to the cia director. whether the stories are true the white house feared that david petraeus would run for president against barack obama, i never thought that was in the cards ever. but it was clear to many here in the building that by putting him in the cia, he was somewhat pigeon-holed. you know? in michael gordon's story in "the new york times." not only was he getting up to speed, but the operations in the cia were such that they don't lend themselves to a l...

Important. >> two of the court's most conservative justices raised pointed questions over the label of marriage itself and of the timing of this case. >> i'm curious, when did it become unconstitutional to exclude homosexual couples from marriage? 1701? 1868 when the 14th amendment was inducted. >> when did it become unconstitutional to prohibit interracial marriages? >> it's just about the label in this case. >> the labels. >> it's just about the label? >> it means something. >> sure. if you tell a child that somebody has to be their friend, i suppose you can force the child to say this is my...