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Launched and secretary of state clinton said something else on another network. after isn't gates said no, it's not in our vital national interest, secretary clinton came back and said yes, but it was sort of one of those moments where what the secretary meant to say was, and she got into a discussion about how the brits and the french were with us in afghanistan and iraq, and seemed to imply, at least i inferred, that maybe part of the rationale was that we're part of this nato, this team, and they were with us, and now we're with them. this is in the italian, french and brit vital national i...

But more importantly, there will also be a team coming out here to negotiate with the afghans for u.s. troops to stay beyond 2014. you've heard a lot of talk about 2014 as a new sort of deadline on the horizon where combat operations will end, but it is clear that isn't gates feels that u.s. troops should stay beyond that, and they're going to begin to negotiating with the karzai government about that. on libya, i asked him whether there was a role for u.s. involvement, whether he could see military intervention there and he really pushed off that possibility, he said nobody is talking about a...

Myself, and myself only, it is my personal belief that allowing fwas and lesbians openly would be the right thing to do. >> the question before us is not whether the military prepares to make this change, but how we must -- how we best prepare it, for it. >> senator john mccain, a retired navy officer, and ranking republican on the committee, bristled. he reminded secretary gates the law hadn't been changed yet. >> i'm deeply disappointed in your statement, isn't gates. it would be far more appropriate, i say with great respect, to determine whether repeal of this law appropriate, and what eff...

Was gay. mr. hall, good to have you with us this afternoon on "the dylan ratigan show." this has been a long process for the gay and lesbian community in this country. do you feel confident this is finally going to get done and how do you feel about it? >> i do feel confident we are close to getting this done. i think today was a big step, you know, having a hearing in the senate, and a big difference from 1993, you know, when we had the secretary and the joint chiefs saying totally different things in 1993, than what we heard today from isn't gates. and admiral mullens. i was very happy what ...

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