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Recruitment is allowed because of the solomon amendment which says if you get public monies, you do have to allow recruitment. we're talking about a small number of private elite campuses that don't allow military recruiters on their campus. >> peter, your reaction to the president's remarks putting don't ask, don't tell and recruiting into the state of the union? >> well, military recruiters certainly need access to the very best young people who may be qualified to serve. rotc provides a great way for the military recruit and for students to pay for college. so, i agree with the president th...

Treat you a little differently during this controversy? >> it's fair to say that. i think a lot of veterans would like to see her do more. we don't like to feel like the military is a second class citizen when it comes to recruiting. >> reporter: but kagan did allow the military to continue recruiting through harvard's military association. that disappointed students on the other side of the issue. >> as a student leader of the gay and lesbian group, you know, it had the same effect of allowing the military on campus. >> reporter: adam sorkin, a former president of harvard's gay and lesbian or...

Discuss we're going to reward 12 to 20 million people with permanent residency because they broke the law. >> on the issue of border security, the president says he's going to send 1,200 more national guard troops down to the border. that's not good enough for arizona governor jan brewer. it's a hot button issue for her. here an ad that she's running. let's take a look at that. >> he promised that we would get word from his administration on what they were going to do to secure the border. well, we finally got the message. these signs. these signs calling our desert an active drug and human sm...

Them to continue recruiting. that disappointed students on the other side of the issue. >> as a student leader of the gay and lesbian group, you know, had the same effect of allowing the military on campus. >> reporter: adam sorkin, a former president of harvard's gay and lesbian organization believes kagan took a pragmatic approach to protect her image and future prospects. >> and about the effect of her decision, i'm sure only elena kagan will know that. but from the outside looking in, i definitely think she was cautious. >> reporter: but kagan had another reason to be cautious. something c...

She kept them off campus. she went to court to block them. the military supported the solomon amendment -- >> because she said the military shouldn't discriminate, so the gays and lesbians would be allowed with everyone else in the military. that's very straight forward. >> so she told the military they couldn't go on campus to recruit, they couldn't use career services -- >> until they stopped discriminating -- >> -- against military -- until they stopped discriminating -- >> she's against discrimination, for the military. >> she's for the military because she supported a policy the military ...