in limbo. have done the process by sitting permits on indefinitely. reporter: they introduced a bill to lose or use it s veto in 60 days. brett: the reserve officer training corps is back on campus at harvard. school and navy rotc officials signed an agreement this afternoon. harvard dropped the program during the vietnam war era program. rotc had been denied base of the don t ask, don t tell policy which has been appealed by congress. we will talk about the republican push for changes to social security and medicare and the politics of all of that, fox all-stars join me after the break.
apologized to his teammates and coaches. it s just a sad thing because they were doing really well this season. and again, he was a top player on their team. well, now that congress has repealed the military s don t ask, don t tell policy that banned openly gay soldiers from serving in the military, harvard is back to welcoming the rotc on campus. it s been 40 years since the ivy league school banned the rotc from the campus to protest the vietnam war. in recent years, the school s outright disagreement with the don t ask, don t tell policy continued to keep the rotc out. harvard and the navy will sign an agreement. and federal agents have seized two ancient chinese artifacts that smugglers tried to bring through the airport in new jersey. a 5,000-year-old pot. and the thing you re looking at now, the horse and rider a horse and rider figuif anythin
president faust, thank you for joining us this afternoon. thank you so much. you re welcome. tell us how you reached this decision. was there a tipping point? i thought about this decision a great deal during my initial years as president, and it seemed to me that the sentiment on campus really focused on the don t ask, don t tell law and how that inhibited opportunities for our students. and that that really was the barrier to the return of rotc. and i began saying that in public statements, and indicated that with the repeal of don t ask, don t tell, we would move forward in welcoming rotc back to campus. so that really was the element that was critical to this decision. and the rotc is recruiting the best, the brightest to receive education, military training. but, honestly, let s face it, very likely those young adults are going to end up going to wars in afghanistan and iraq. are you okay with that? do you feel okay with how this is going to play out?
the president of harvard and the navy secretary will sign an agreement today allowing the rotc to return to campus. the change will end decades of dispute over war and military policy. it was the height of the vietnam war. and on harvard university s brik and ivy campus in the heart of cambridge, massachusetts, the anti-war movement was celebrating a symbolic victory, the banning of rotc, the reserve officer s training corps from harvard yard. the students who received scholarship money for training in the military. when the vietnam war ended, another battle took its place, between harvard and the armed forces. this time, it was over the military s policy of banning gays from openly serving their country. that was fuel enough for harvard and other ivy league colleges to keep the rotc ban in place. shortly before the don t ask,
part, they feel that they are an essential part of the harvard community. and that this has been an excellent environment for them. and president faust, i covered secretary colin powell s visit when he delivered the commencement speech back in 1993. i asked him, because there were protests, his visit was being protested, how he justified the don t ask, don t tell policy, and he said at the time, it was to maintain order. this reversal on the side of the military, the government, really a political and culture sea change. do you feel that harvard is also ready for a sea change of its own? beyond offering office space, access to classrooms and athletic fields for the rotc, but to establish a real rotc unit on campus? the sea change is one that it s important to note, and to celebrate today, with the repeal of don t ask, don t tell and the landmark. that is for inclusion in our society. so i just want to reinforce what