leader mustafa abdel-jalil. he is representing libya at the 65th u.n. general assembly. he has been meeting with president obama the last hour as well as ban ki moon. in a few minutes, president obama will sit down with afghan president happened karzai. this is their first meeting since the u.s. spelled out a plan to leave afghanistan by the end of 2014. today, for the first time, gays and lesbians can openly serve in the united states military. the law known as don t ask, don t tell has been around for 18 years. it officially ended at midnight. since 1993, more than 14,000 servicemen and women were kicked out of the military after they were outed as gay. some want back in but it is not automatic. i have talked to people who wanted to go in and they started to make phone calls to recruiters and found out their set of circumstances wouldn t allow it. and there s let down. pentagon says 97% of the military has had training on the new rules which replace don t ask don t tell