what is your message to them? my message to them is that if you look at the survey, had he they talk to folks who had actually served alongside people that they knew to be gay or lesbian or suspected gay or lesbian 92% said it wasn t a distracti distraction. 92% said it had no impact on the unit s ability or effectiveness. i would rely on that statistic and say it s not that big a deal. you re serving alongside gays and less bans now. you re not going to find 65,000 service members suddenly come flying out of the closet once this is safe. i think people are going to be circumspect and do it at their own pace and actually will make the military stronger. zoe dunning, thank you so much for us from washington today. thank you. very happy today. lindsay lohan, here she is back in the news today. this time it involves a betty ford clinic worker who has now been fired. what is the story here? that s ahead. and there is this controversial new ad that shows
hearings after announcing she is gay. until her retirement three years ago, dunning was the only openly gay service member serving her country. a decorated veteran, zoe served 22 years in the u.s. navy both on active duty and the reserves. commander zoe dunning good enough to join me from washington. big day for you. take me back to that moment when you were standing over the president s right shoulder and you were tweeting today saying i can barely tweet, my hands are shaking. describe your emotions. did you ever think i know you hoped for this day but did you ever think you would see this day? i mean, you have to have hope. i ve about working on this issue for 18 years. you have to have hope to keep you going forward. but you have your ups even your drowns. and i actu i was in washington two weeks ago when the senate failed to pass dadn as part of the authorization act. as i stood in the gallery and
than the service men and women in this room, distinguished officers like former navy commander zoe dunning. [ applause ] marines, marines like ericalva. one of the first americans to be injured in iraq. [ applause ] leaders like captain jonathan hopkins who led a platoon into northern iraq in the initial invasion, queling an ethnic riot, earning a bronze star with valor. he was [ applause ] he was he was discharged only
distinguished officers, like former navy commander zoe dunning. [applause] marines, like eric alva, one of the first to go to iraq. [applause] leaders like captain jonathan hopkins who led a platoon into northern iraq during the initial invasion, quelling an ethnic riot, earning a bronze star with valor. [applause] he was discharged, only to receive e-mails and
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