don t tell policy became law, then secretary of defense colin powell delivered harvard s commencement speech. i covered his 1993 visit to the campus, where he was met with protests. when i asked him how he justified don t ask, don t tell, he said, it was to maintain order. for years, university leaders, including former law school dean and current u.s. supreme court justice elena kagan continued to cite the military s policy as reason enough to continue to keep rotc off-campus. we were also trying to protect our own anti-discrimination policy. reporter: now with the ban abolished, harvard will lift its ban as well, allowing rotc students to train on its pristine campus. a symbolic bridge between two different worlds, education and defense. and we re going to be talking with the president of harvard university, drew faust, after this quick break. client comes in and they have a box.
and finally this week, our panel s picks for people to watch in 2011. dorothy. the governor of indiana has the dark horse, mitch daniels, if he s challenged the he has in fact said some strong things that give us a sense of who he is. paul: all right. jason. i m going to be watching a group of people, paul, and those are the ivy league presidents and whether or not they re going to allow military recruiters back on campus in the wake of the repeal of don t ask, don t tell. ban on openly gay men and women in the military and long cited a reason to keep the rotc off campus and see if the colleges were arguing in good faith. i m going to prooim netanyahu who has been patiently watching the u.s. try to walk, walk and talk back iran from getting nuclear
and finally this week, our panel s picks for people to watch in 2011. dorothy. the governor of indiana has the dark horse, mitch daniels, if he s challenged the he has in fact said some strong things that give us a sense of who he is. paul: all right. jason. i m going to be watching a group of people, paul, and those are the ivy league presidents and whether or not they re going to allow military recruiters back on campus in the wake of the repeal of don t ask, don t tell. ban on openly gay men and women in the military and long cited a reason to keep the rotc off campus and see if the colleges were arguing in good faith. i m going to prooim netanyahu who has been patiently watching the u.s. try to walk, walk and talk back iran from getting nuclear
confirmation hearings. now that the president has signed a repeal of don t ask, don t tell, one would expect that the schools that had shunned rotc would now open their campuses to the u.s. military, right? well, not so fast. well, while harvard is apparently pursuing discussions about full recognition of rotc there is continuing resistance elsewhere including columbia university. student and faculty members there have convened a task force on military engagement to consider whether to formally participate in rotc. i have an idea, why don t we convene our own task force to decide whether columbia university should be protected by the u.s. military. let s face it, now there is no longer any excuse to keep rotc off campus, unless that is you really don t like the u.s. military or what stands for. the solution here is simple. it s for president obama who attended both columbia and harvard to call upon all colleges and universities to
confirmation hearings. now that the president has signed a repeal of don t ask, don t tell, one would expect that the schools that had shunned rotc would now open their campuses to the u.s. military, right? well, not so fast. well, while harvard is apparently pursuing discussions about full recognition of rotc there is continuing resistance elsewhere including columbia university. student and faculty members there have convened a task force on military engagement to consider whether to formally participate in rotc. i have an idea, why don t we convene our own task force to decide whether columbia university should be protected by the u.s. military. let s face it, now there is no longer any excuse to keep rotc off campus, unless that is you really don t like the u.s. military or what stands for. the solution here is simple. it s for president obama who attended both columbia and harvard to call upon all colleges and universities to