there really wasn t a whole lot of opposition with the exception of some of the combat groups we ve been talking about. give us some background and whether or not studies about the implementation aspect of this and how the best way forward to get the new policy put in place. reporter: the huge study that was done this year that took most of the year led by the pentagon s legal counsel was fascinating study. there were people with strong opinions on either side of the issue. we shouldn t do this. we have troops in harm s way. tiles have changed and troop support all over the world. if a gay service member wants to put his or her life on the line, maybe it s time to make that change. what it seemed to reveal was some of young people in the united states military, times have change and think don t have such a great issue with gay people being serving alongside
implications for america s fighting sources remain a source of concern. i ll discuss this later. megyn: they have been doing their own research on what it would mean to reverse that policy now in existence refusing to allow service members to serve if openly gay. don t ask, don t tell is the policy put in place by president clinton. secretary gates receives it would be potentially disrupt rough in the short term but not as bad as some are predicting over the longer haul. courts striking down the policy, then issuing a stay whether they have to get rid of it right away. the department of defense has that policy in place and they have been doing their own research to figure out what would be the effects if we get rid of it. you heard the headline that potentially disruptive in the short term. not as bad as suggested in the
spent two years talking about how our efforts in afghanistan were greatly underresourced, increased resources in troops to provide security for an election, and then as you well know, conducted a fairly comprehensive and pain staking review of our policy, which resulted in december 1st, 2009 s speech about a new direction in afghanistan. and i would say this. we came in talking about afghanistan and pakistan as a region, not as simply two separate and distinct countries, which put emphasis on our relationship and the actions of pakistan. that s right. but even if there is a new policy put in place in december of 2009, does that erase the mistakes that may have been made years in advance of that? well, of course not do the documents suggest that this war is too far gone no. to turn around with one
handing a victory to broadcasters, the court said yesterday that the fcc rules on expletives are too vague and could inhibit free speech. has joe heard this? i asked him to leave the set because i was worried. i think joe said it was if ing great. do you want to hold up the flag? no you will be leaving the policy put in place 2004 after several incidents drew janet jackson s infamous wardrobe malfunction? i do remember that. it s one of the fondest memories. i don t want to know that about you, dylan. that was probably too much information. we will talk with joe zucker who he is on the show later on today. the barefoot bandit is due in court today.
don t tell and that s something conservatives are concerned about. first on the abortion one, i believe, and i haven t looked at the memo yet, that she supported the exception for the life and health of the mother, which is the position of the administration. i believe that was her position. i think you re right. all right. and then secondly, when you go to the don t ask don t tell, she opposed that policy, was very clear in her opposite. she was simply faced with the issue of how do you accommodate military recruits and lose your funding. military recruiting did happen at harvard the entire time she was there, but that was a policy put in place by her pred success sor, at the same time while she