advocacy groups are a little cautious, some of them right now saying, you know, be careful until that 60-day period is really up. but defense secretary robert gates has by all indications no intention, no desire to see anyone else separated from military service because of this. pentagon correspondent barbara star, thank you. let s talk about today s vote. i m joined by justin elsy in new york. he was the first marine to serve under the don t ask, don t tell policy. is deputy editor of american blog. thank you for joining us. justin, do you feel like you started all of this and look where it ended? well, don, i m actually very happy today. i think this is a great first step. and, you know, i think it really speaks to the fairness and equality that we subscribe to as americans here. and i m glad that the senators listen to the majority of service members who said that this change would be a positive
he s been getting response from his listeners. what are people saying about online? we got lots of tweets. most people are supportive. but not all of america is. well, and on our blog, people are very supportive. we worked very hard to get to this point. it was a long struggle. justin helped start the struggle 17 years ago. and the past two years really were a lot of work by a lot of folks to actually get to the point where this happened. i mean there s a lot of activity in the past few days, past few weeks in congress. it took a lot of activity and activism over the past two years to push the white house, to push congress, to make sure this really happened. so on our blog, our readers are ecstatic. this is a big win for equality. okay. are you able to hear him on the air or is it just me who can t hear him. okay. i can t hear the guests. so anyway, i m sorry, i could not hear your answer. i don t have a follow up. i have to go on to justin who i can hear. justin, have you spoken t