council said no, we re not going to support sanctions. forget about russia and china, we can t even get a medium power to support us on sanctions. they are going to where on this. the israelis know it that was a ridiculous statement. steve is right. it s not serious at all. bret: you talked about defense secretary gates in afghanistan and on this trip. today he was in the uae and he was talking about iran s activities inside afghanistan. answered was followed there by the iranian president. take a listen. president mahmoud ahmadinejad and i exchanged a few words through the media yesterday: i talked about iran playing a double game in afghanistan of wanting a good relationship with the afghan government but wanting to make our lives harder. and our efforts more difficult. they are playing a double game. they themselves created
law and overturn don t ask don t tell. at this point, not withstanding the result the study will bring forward my best military advice to the committee, secretary and president is keep it as it is. reporter: earlier in week the air force chief of staff general norman schwartz said now is not the time to pretush the force. i do have serious concerns about the impact of the repeat of law that has been at war for eight-and-a-half years. we don t know the impacts on the readiness and military effectiveness. defense secretary gates and chairman of joints chief support comprehensive review due by the end of the year how to implement a change and what effects it might have. today, the pentagon press secretary tried to down play
law and overturn don t ask don t tell. at this point, not withstanding the result the study will bring forward my best military advice to the committee, secretary and president is keep it as it is. reporter: earlier in week the air force chief of staff general norman schwartz said now is not the time to pretush the force. i do have serious concerns about the impact of the repeat of law that has been at war for eight-and-a-half years. we don t know the impacts on the readiness and military effectiveness. defense secretary gates and chairman of joints chief support comprehensive review due by the end of the year how to implement a change and what effects it might have. today, the pentagon press secretary tried to down play
because of some arcane attitude about sex. yeah, it s like a civil rights issue. i find it absurd. let s go back a little ways, back to 2007 because back then, then on the campaign trail, then senator john mccain said look, when i hear from the military brass, and they want to end don t ask-don t tell i ll get in line with them. we fuhred from defense secretary gates and john mccain had this to say the other day, take a listen. at this moment, immense hardship for our armed services we should not be seeking to overturn the don t ask-don t tell policy. why is john mccain flip-flopping here? it s just too damn convenient for mccain to be doing this. and all heroism granted, the man s as a hero, the vietnam veteran, a p.o.w. he s just wrong on thisment we re in a war. we ve got guys deployed for eight years in afghanistan
now more of my want-tos are can-dos. as your doctor about symbicort today. i got my first prescription free. call or go online to learn more. [ male announcer ] if you cannot afford your medication, astrazeneca may be able to help. larry: defense secretary gates told a hearing of the senate armed services committee today that the pentagon is taking the first steps towards repealing the military s don t ask, don t tell policy. to get into all of this, all our guests in washington, general wesley clark, former nato supreme commander. he supports the president s call to end the policy. lieutenant kor corn nell robert mcginnis, u.s. army, retired. he thinks it s too soon to repeal. roy is a gay himself and currently serving in the national guard. he faces discharge because of don t ask, doebt r don t tell. he s a west point graduate and