Admiral Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, testifying before the Senate Armed Services Committee today:
Speaking for myself and myself only, it is my personal and professional belief that allowing homosexuals to serve openly would be the right thing to do. No matter how I look at the issue, I cannot escape being troubled by the fact that we have in place a policy which forces young men and women to lie about who they are in order to defend their fellow citizens. . . . I have served with homosexuals since 1968. Everybody in the military has.And then on Twitter (yeah, Twitter):
Stand by what I said: Allowing homosexuals to serve openly is the right thing to do. Comes down to integrity.Pretty amazing, and a powerful testimony. Admiral Mullen is the first sitting JCS chairman - the nation's top military officer - to support repeal of DADT. His predecessors, Powell and Shalikashvilli, have done so after retiring from the job.
Below, a 60 Minutes report on DADT from December 2007. Good stuff.
Update: from Daily Kos, McCain shows what a bullshit guy he is:
