Thank you for your bravery today. I’ve never been so proud to be an American. Britain and Israel have both had gays serving opening in their military forces for well over a decade. I don’t think anyone would call those forces weak or their national security any less than ours. Indeed, you could argue that Israel has better national security than we do.

To see a young West Point graduate, Lt. Dan Choic, an Arabic speaker, and Iraq war veteran sit in those hearings and worry about being tossed from the military he loves is sad. He said the first day at West Point they were taught the code: that lying and liars should not be tolerated. So why should we encourage our fighting forces to lie in order to serve?

It’s estimated that more than 65,000 of our armed forces are gay or lesbian. Should we turf them all? You don’t think so, and neither does anyone who is concerned about national security.

The world has changed, and it’s nice to see our military brass change with it. You made me proud today, gentlemen.

Lisa

PS: Hey John McCain: you said in 2006 that if the military brass said Don’t Ask Don’t Tell should go, you’d support them. What happened? Today you said the exact opposite. Shame on  you. Really. Shame.