i haven t receive d a response from any of those three senators, not even a thank you for your e-mail or letter. and i did identify myself in all of those letters to the senators. it s disappointing that the senate just has not been able to act at this point. do you think that you re courting being discharged? i m putting myself at risk doing this interview even though it s in shadow. but i think it s important for me to take responsibility for something that directly affects my life. what does the military lose? what does the country lose if you are kicked out of the military? if you re kicked out of the air force because of this policy? well, they re going to lose a 14-year veteran of the air force. very experienced f-15 pilot, an instructor. i ve been an instructor at several bases around the world. combat veteran. someone that they ve spent millions of dollars on, but regardless of the money, it s if they lost me, other gay service members, we are the ones
and i did identify myself in all of those letters to the senators. it s disappointing that the senate just has not been able to act at this point. do you think that you re courting being discharged? i m putting myself at risk doing this interview even though it s in shadow. but i think it s important for me to take responsibility for something that directly affects my life. what does the military lose? what does the country lose if you are kicked out of the military? if you re kicked out of the air force because of this policy? well, they re going to lose a 14-year veteran of the air force. very experienced f-15 pilot, an instructor. i ve been an instructor at several bases around the world. combat veteran. someone that they ve spent millions of dollars on, but regardless of the money, it s if they lost me, other gay service members, we are the ones that are training the young service members coming up now. and they d lose a lot of experience that they would have to completel
under the don t ask, don t tell. very important point. mick thank you very much. as jim mentioned, the anti don t ask, don t tell group, service members today like some who were speaking with mick today, they reacted to this rule big cautioning gay service members, people who are gay, lesbian, buy sexual or transgendered in the military to not come out just yet. tomorrow on this show we will have exclusive interviews with two members of the military are w.h.o. are heeding that advice. they re not coming out but their stories have never been told before. this is a story with which we are taking great caution and which we think will add a new and important demission to understanding this policy and how it perhaps will inevitably will end. that s tomorrow night exclusively on this show. we re working hard on that story. we re very proud to bring it to you. we ll be right back. mom, did you borrow my green shirt?
woman. our own andrea mitchell said, wait a minute, she was a clerk for justice thurgood marshall, an exceptional career as i pointed out in the top of the hour. she s only 50 years old. tell us more about the pushback this administration might receive in the confirmation hearing regarding the fact she s never served as a judge. ordinary former dean of the harvard law school. i think some liberals will not be entire satisfied with her record on supporting some of the policies in the war on terror, the war against terrorism. some conservatives, at least the talk that we ve heard so far revolves mostly around a decision she made while she was the dean of harvard. when she came in, there was already a policy in place in harvard law school, a nondiscrimination policy that banned military recruiters from the campus because the pentagon wouldn t accept gay service members. she continued that policy, then the policy was imposed, put on
ask, don t tell and whether the military ought to ditch the policy. two gay service members tell how the policy ended their careers. a retired marine commandant says the policy should stay. centcom commander general david petraeus weighed in earlier this week. i believe the time has come to consider a change to don t ask don t tell, but i think it should be done in a thoughtful and deliberative manner that should include the conduct and the review that secretary gates has directed that would consider the views and the force on a change in the policy. it would include a an assessment of the likely effects on recruiting retention, morale and cohesion, and would include a an identification of what policies might be needed in the event of a change and recommend those policies as well. and this, the philadelphia area woman known as jihad jane