when we get it passed, you ll take it back, right. i sure will. but i m going to hold you accountable. okay. that s good. so that was dan choi and senate majority leader harry reid. that took place in july. and then today! senator reid posts this on twitter. i literally see it while i m on twitter wasting time. he posts this five months after i promised to repeal don t ask, don t tell i m so happy to give this back to lieutenant dan choi. then link to this picture of senator reid giving it back. here s the best part, though. here s what s even better. dan choi is such a fierce activist now, cast in flame, right? here s how dan choi responded also on twitter to that. he wrote this, quote, the next time i get a ring from a man, i expect it to be for full equal american marriage.
sexual orientation, that you still cannot marry in this country. so yes, it s amazing. i mean, it s amazing. but it s also still only a limited win. and the work continues. we have to keep fighting and failing, fighting and failing. well, tell me about that dynamic tension. to me, i feel like a president to win reelection needs an economy going in the right direction and he needs a base. thinking about this base, there is a dynamic tension between this base wanting to hold him accountable and wanting him to win. yes. is that tension dynamic or is it just dense? we ve got to fight and fail. look, i love twitter. i have sort of a twitter problem. you do have a twitter problem. it s a good one. yes, you do. i like the world in 140 characters. i like things happening quickly. but the fact is it didn t take two years to pass don t ask, don t tell. the first protest against the exclusion of gays in the military was in 1965 at the
today saw a flur yeef activity. democrats rushed to pass final measures before being booted out of the majority. president obama signed a repeal of the don t ask, don t tell policy and the senate ratified a nuclear arms protection treaty limiting the number of nuclear warheads and launches held by both parties and struck a deal allowing both houses to pass a september 11th first responders bill, initially slated to cost $6.2 billion, negotiations brought costs down to $4.3 kbrinl over next five years covering medical expenses of rescue worker who s became sick as a result of the work they did at ground zero. joining me with reaction to events is juan williams and former pennsylvania senator fox news contributor rick santorum. juan the president calls this the most prou proe ductive
that s the subject of this evening s talking points memo. have you ever wondered why the word elite has become a dirty little word for millions of americans? well, it s because too often the people who should be the leaders of our society look down on our society. and you can t find a stronger example of this than the negative condescending attitude of top tier universities toward report. tc. now, you rotc. you might expect no respect for this country than those who so blessed to work and learn at ivy league school. for decades, many of those schools such as harvard and yale have banned rotc from their campuses citing their disagreement with the don t ask, don t tell policy. when called out on elitism the anti-rotc folks insisted they had nothing but the highest regard for the military. elena kagan repeatedly said this at her own supreme court
about 30%, the number of nuclear weapons in each country, and, the signed the don t ask, don t tell repeal, allowing gay troops to serve openly in the military for the first time in u.s. history and congress passed a bill giving health care and compensation to 9/11 first responders. the president held a news conference, to talk about it all. president barack obama: a lot of folks in this town predicted that after the midterm elections, washington would be headed for more partisanship, and, more gridlock. and, instead, this has been a season of progress, for the american people. reporter: also a lame duck session we have a major tax bill and a food safety bill passed, a very busy final session, gregg. gregg: is there a sense on the hill, steve, democrats may not see the same kind of success in the next congress. reporter: well that is a possibility, of course. the house has passed into republican control and some of the president s top goals, tax