now and he is asking some pretty tough questions specifically about the parts of the report that revealed that there are specific parts of the military, those who tend to engaging in the most combat who this is going to have a pretty significant negative affect on military cohesion and readiness. he was talking about statistics like 67% of marines are very concerned about this. but back to admiral mull will not. he was incredibly powerful he started by saying it has been my personal opinion that repealing it is the right thing, but now after this nine month review, he says it is his professional opinion that it is the right thing to do. they believe that now is the time. it will not be easy, but they believe the people in the
expressed publicly during his testimony. he said that there could be disruptions as a consequence of this. and what i said to him was that i was confident, looking at the history of the military with respect to racial integration with respect to the inclusion of women in our armed forces, that that could be managed an that was confirmed by the attitudinal studies that was done prior to this vote. and what he assured me of and what all these service chiefs have assured me of is that regardless of their concerns about disruptions, they were confident that they could implement this policy without it affecting our military cohesion and good discipline and readiness. and i take them at their word. and i have spoken to them since the vote took place. and they have all said that we