By Brody Levesque (Washington DC) Feb 2 | In a dual appearance before the United States Senate Armed Services Committee, Defence Secretary Robert Gates and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Of Staff, Admiral Michael Mullen, told Senators that the U. S. defence establishment was ready to move forward on reviewing all of the necessary steps, additionally gathering the information in report form, that would be provided to Congress, should the Congress decide to move forward in repealing the DADT Law.
Both the Secretary and the Admiral acknowledged that today's hearing was only an initial step in a process that would likely last into the next year as the Pentagon sought information from the various service chiefs, combat commanders in the field, and families as well as service members regarding the effects of repealing the law.
Admiral Mullen, in his opening statement, said that he believed that the time had come to remove the law as a barrier to service in the military by LGBT Americans. He said that on a personal level as well as professionally he was more concerned with a person's integrity rather than their sexual orientation. His overall feeling regarding the issue of Don't Ask, Don't Tell was that repeal is the "Right Thing to Do."
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