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SECURITY COMMITTEE AND ITS RANKING REPUBLICAN SUSAN COLLINS WHO TALKED ABOUT REPEAL OF THE LAW CAN BE IMPLEMENTED. THIS IS ABOUT 20 MINUTES. >> WE HAD...
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THE SENATORS VOTING. IT'S ONE THE BEST DAYS. NOT JUST BECAUSE I WAS COMMITTED TO THE CAUSE BECAUSE AT A TIME WHEN THE PEOPLE OF OUR COUNTRY ARE JUST...
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IN HIS DETERMINATION TO REPEAL THIS UNJUST LAW. AND WITHOUT HIS PERSISTENCE WE WOULD NOT BE STANDING HERE TODAY. I ALSO WANT TO THANK SENATOR UDALL...
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| 00:03:25 |
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SENATOR LIEBERMAN, THANK YOU, SENATOR COLLINS. I'M FLANKED BY TWO ENORMOUSLY COURAGEOUS LEADER.
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| 00:03:31 |
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I PLAY A SMALL ROLE IN THIS VERY IMPORTANT SUCCESS TODAY. WE JUST WERE TALKING ABOUT A WEEK -- NOT MUCH MORE THAN A WEEK AGO AND SENATOR COLLINS ANDERMAN...
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| 00:05:10 |
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HEROES. THERE IS A BROADER SOCIAL DEBATE IN TERMS OF WHAT GAY PEOPLE SHOULD OCCUPY IN SOCIETY AND THE RIGHTS THEY SHOULD HAVE. WHAT IMPACT DO YOU THINK...
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| 00:05:28 |
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15% SURVEYED SAID THEY WOULD ACTUALLY REVEAL THEIR SEXUAL ORIENTATION BECAUSE IT'S A PRIVATE MATTER. MORE OPENLY GAY SERVICE PEOPLE WILL BE HONORED...
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| 00:08:24 |
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AMERICAN PUBLIC SAYING THAT THEY WANT THEIR PUBLIC SERVANTS TO COME TOGETHER TO GET THE PEOPLE'S BUSINESS DONE. I CAN THINK OF NO MORE IMPORTANT BILL...
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| 00:10:05 |
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IT TAKES TIME FOR PEOPLE TO CHANGE LONG-HELD BELIEFS. I BELIEVE THAT IF WE HAD THIS VOTE
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| 00:10:15 |
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FIVE YEARS AGO, I WOULD NOT HAVE PASSED. 17 YEARS AGO IT WAS A DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENT WHO SIGNED INTO LAW "DON'T ASK, DON'T TELL." SO I THINK OUR SOCIETY...
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| 00:11:07 |
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WE COULDN'T GET TO 60 VOTES ON DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION BILL, THAT WAS JUST LAST THURSDAY BECAUSE OF THE PROCESS THAT WAS BEING FOLLOWED. WE TALKED AND WE...
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| 00:12:51 |
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YOU SURPRISED THAT MAYBE MORE DIDN'T JOIN ON? >> I HAD BEEN TALKING TO A NUMBER OF MY COLLEAGUES. I KNEW THAT SENATOR
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| 00:13:02 |
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BONA VITCH WAS GOING TO BE WITH US. HE MADE CLEAR THAT ONCE THERE WAS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR A STAND-ALONE BILL THAT HE WOULD SUPPORT IT. THAT DIDN'T...
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| 00:14:05 |
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VOTE. AND I WAS DELIGHT. BUT HE WAS NOT SOMEONE THAT I HAD THOUGHT TO LOBBY ON THE ISSUE. >> YOU DIDN'T MEAN TO LEAVE US OUT. SENATOR KURT, SAID HE...
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| 00:14:23 |
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HE WAS VERY ENCOURAGING ABOUT VOTING FOR REPEAL ON A STAND-ALONE BILL. AND THEN HE TOLD US THAT HE WOULD. >> THAT IS REALLY IMPORTANT. HIS VOTE WAS...
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| 00:14:38 |
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TODAY. >> WHAT DAY DID HE TELL YOU? >> SENATOR CURK, I -- SENATOR KIRK, I WILL TELL YOU DEFINITIVELY. HE WAS PRETTY ENCOURAGING THAT IF IT CAME
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| 00:14:53 |
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UP ON STAND-ALONE HE WAS LIKELY TO BE FAVORABLE. >> I HAD A I CONVERSATION WITH HIM AS WELL LAST THURSDAY. I THINK WE JOINED -- WE HAD
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| 00:15:04 |
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CONVERSATION. AND HE LIKE MANY OF US WAS UPSET AT THE TACTICS THE MAJORITY LEADER HAD USED LAST WEEK BUT HE INDICATED THAT HE WAS VERY OPEN TO...
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| 00:15:29 |
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MENTATION OF THE BILL? >> IT'S IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND THAT THE BILL INCLUDES DISCRETION FOR THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE AND
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| 00:15:36 |
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THE CHAIRMAN OF THE JOINT CHIEF OF STAFF AND THE PRESIDENT TO IMPLEMENT THIS BILL ONCE THEY CERTIFY THAT THERE WOULD NOT BE AN ADVERSE IMPACT ON MILITARY...
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| 00:17:06 |
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THE IMPORTANT THING TO SAY IS THAT THERE IS NO TIME LIMIT IN THE LEGISLATION BY WHICH
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| 00:17:11 |
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THE REPEAL HAS TO BE IMPLEMENTED AND SECRETARY GATE WAS QUESTIONED ABOUT THIS A LOT AT THE ARMED SERVICES COMMITTEE AND HE SAID AND ADMIRAL MULLIN...
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| 00:17:44 |
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DO THIS RIGHT IN A WAY TO IMPLEMENT THE FLEEDS OAF -- THE NEEDS OF THIS POLICY. >> THE MILITARY WILL TAKE THEIR TO TIME TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO APPLY...
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| 00:18:01 |
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CHANGE IN POLICY. BUT THE REASON WHY THIS VOTE IS SO SIGNIFICANT IS THAT AFTER TODAY NO ONE CAN BE OUTED RNINGTS NO ONE CAN BE DISMISSED, NO WLUN...
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| 00:18:21 |
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AS RECENTLY AS YESTERDAY, HE WROTE A LETTER TO SECRETARY GATES ASKING HIS THOUGHTS ON WHETHER IT WOULD PHASE IN REPEAL OF IMPLY MENTATION? AND HE...
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| 00:18:47 |
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WE'VE HAD INDICATIONS FROM SEVERAL REPUBLICANS THAT THEY VERY MUCH WANT TO VOTE FOR THIS BILL. THEY WOULD
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| 00:18:52 |
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LIKE TO VOTE FOR A STAND-ALONE BILL. THERE'S GENERAL AGREEMENT ON A NEW PAY FOR THAT WE'RE GOING TO OFFER. THE HOPE IS TO GET TO THE BILL AS SOON AS...
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| 00:19:14 |
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LIEBERMAN THERE'S A QUESTION FOR YOU ON THE ACTUAL LEGISLATION. >> CAN YOU SAY HOW INVOLVED WAS THE PRESIDENT ON GETTING
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| 00:19:20 |
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THE VOTE FOR YOU? AND ALSO ARE YOU SURE -- ARE YOU POSITIVE AT THIS POINT
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| 00:19:25 |
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THAT NO LEGAL ACTION CAN INTERVENE, I MEAN NOTHING CAN CHANGE THE COURSE OF THIS? >> LET ME TAKE THE SECOND ONE FIRST. OBVIOUSLY, WE HAD ACCESS TO...
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| 00:19:39 |
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WE'RE A LITIGATION-ORIENTED SOCIETY BUT YOU NEVER KNOW. I THINK THIS IS A VERY STRONGLY BASED PIECE OF LEGISLATION BASED IN LAW. I WOULD FIND IT HARD...
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| 00:20:19 |
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THE PHONE ANYMORE THE LAST WEEK OR TWO WITH SENATORS WHO WERE UNDECIDED. THERE WAS GREAT JUBILATION AMONG THE WHITE HOUSE STAFF. SO THEY REALLY WANTED...
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| 00:21:08 |
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IDAHO SENATOR JIM RISH WITH A VOTE EXPECTED TO START AT
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