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Because i'm gay and the superior says no, i'm doing this because you performed poorly. do we just burden the military justice system with those kinds of cases? >> bret: charles? >> i respect the opposition of john mccain today and the opposition of colin powell 16 years guy on this question and i understand the -- years ago on this question and i understand the military about issues of cohesion. i do think that the president has made a commitment on an issue of principle and i think it is a political decision in the end. there is the issue of doing it in the middle of wars. you don't want disr...

Flexed their muscles. they have large invest in the the two mortgage giants fannie mae and freddie mac which were taken over from the federal government after trillions of losses chiechltna and japan made it clear they expected the u.s. to guarantee every last dollar. >> most americans don't know it. the fact of the matter is the reason the taxpayers are now on the hook for $5 trillion in con stin gent liabilities for -- contingent liabilities for fannie mae and freddie is the chinese and japanese demanded it. >> reporter: if we said no they might have been less willing to loan us more money, ...

>> it is groundbreaking, the fact that they are trying to dismiss discharges and the fact that a third-party can't get you expelled from the military. >> bret: some folks thought it would happen immediately. >> they wanted everything in the first year and they will not get it and they are not going to get it before the congressional mid terms. congressional mid terms. >> bret: that t t t in 1977, an 8-year-old boy picked up the game of golf from his father. the odds of that same boy then making it to the u.s. and european pro-golf tours?

Information can't just come in and ruin your military career and also the decision goes up now to generals and admirals instead of lower chains of command. this will continue to reduce, the numbers go down every year, the number of discharges. will this be opposed? certainly but it is as charles points out a year long review. we are talking about a decision congress would make only after a study is done and then opponents can cry foul then. it hasn't been made now. >> bret: despite the fact that vice president biden said it would be repealed by the end of the year. >> it won't be politically w...

>> it makes it look like amateur night down there. it makes us look weak. it is weakness. i can't understand the vacillation or the choice to bring it to new york in the first place. >> reporter: despite that criticism, key allies are standing firm. patrick leahy say some are playing poll teches with the issue and the top democrat is pointing to the successful use of civilian trials in the past. >> we will it will play out. remember the statistics. the bush administration prosecuted hundreds of these terrorists. 34 of them are in prison now. >> senate minority leader mitch mcconnell said he is...