de and lieutenant victor faren back, thank you for your activism and for joining us. i sense the cost of that viscerally. i release you both. congratulations you guys. have a great night! thanks, rachel. cheers to you. thanks to you both. the republican candidate s for president this year made some noises about reinstating don t ask don t tell if they re elected president. meanwhile, in the military, even military leaders who criticized the idea of scrapping the policy before we did it, now say that getting rid of it has caused no problems at all. the marine corps ball this year included some same sex couples this year. the sky did not fall. when this navy ship came home this week to virginia from being deployed, the first sailor ashore, the first kiss upon returning home was this female