he joins us on the phone to talk about that. thanks for having us today. thanks, shannon, great to be with you. shannon: your situation was linked to the don t ask don t tell. when it came down it, how did it feel to be uninvited to the event. i lad taken a stance and so they disinvited me even though i was going to be speaking at a prayer luncheon. the difference here with franklin graham. his comments he made nine years ago about islam and restated basically promoting christian doctrine that men, women and children need to come to know jesus christ in order to go to heaven. the controversy is nothing more than the gospel and that seems to be what is the target in the present environment. and truth be told, so many religiousmatter what the
to our roles as members of the armed forces. how does that statement sit to you? well, first off, we re sworn to defend the constitution and follow the lawful orders of the president. we re defending what is present law. more importantly, i was not going to speak about this policy. this was a prayer breakfast or a prayer luncheon and i do this quite frequently as a veteran held in policy issues and i m invited to speak at a church in nashville. i was going to talk about the theme, the theme of the event was back to basics and i was going to talk to jesus new words in the new testaments, the latest commandment to love thy god with all thy heart and soul and love thy neighbor. nothing to do with policy, i ve never injected policy debate into a venue like this. this is the point, this policy change is going to have a
whether that s on foreign soil or here domestically, this is what we do, so we have been designated by fema as an incident support base. we will be ready to receive all the supporters that are going to head down to florida to help take care of the folks down there. thoughts on 9/11? today is our day of remembrance. the good thing about the storm was we were able to be home with our families for a lot of us to remember about things we all know. we had a lot of things scheduled today, a run, a prayer luncheon this afternoon, got wiped out by the weather but at least we had folks home with their families and they are all safe and sound and accounted for today. sean, i know you ve got a round robin some of our brave reporters but the tropical storm is heading in to alabama, and then going all the way i think up to indiana but you have storm trackers with more expertise than i. i wish we could have visited your home down in florida together. i hope all is well with you,