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Wide of US Defence Secretary Robert Gates and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Mike Mullen sitting down at news conference2. Cutaway of hearing3. Gates and Mullen4. Cutaway senators John McCain and Carl...\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class='full-description hide'\u003eFebruary 2, 2010\u003cbr/\u003e1. Wide of US Defence Secretary Robert Gates and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Mike Mullen sitting down at news conference\u003cbr/\u003e2. Cutaway of hearing\u003cbr/\u003e3. Gates and Mullen\u003cbr/\u003e4. Cutaway senators John McCain and Carl Levin\u003cbr/\u003e5. SOUNDBITE (English) Robert Gates, US Defence Secretary:\u003cbr/\u003e\"Mr. Chairman, last week during his State of the Union address, the president announced he will work with Congress this year to repeal the law known as ''don''t ask, don''t tell''.  He subsequently directed the Department of Defence to begin the preparations necessary for a repeal of the current law and policy. I fully support the president''s decision. The question before us is not whether the military prepares to make this change but how we best prepare it.\"\u003cbr/\u003e6. Cutaway Gates and Mullen\u003cbr/\u003e7. SOUNDBITE (English) Admiral Mike Mullen, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff: \u003cbr/\u003e\"Speaking for myself and for myself only, it''s my personal belief that allowing gays and lesbians to serve openly would be the right thing to do. No matter how I look at this 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.\"\u003cbr/\u003e8. Cutaway senators McCain and Levin\u003cbr/\u003e9. SOUNDBITE(English) John McCain, Republican Senator from Arizona:\u003cbr/\u003e\"This would be a substantial and controversial change to a policy that has been successful for two decades; it would also present yet another challenge to our military at a time of already tremendous stress and strain. Our men and women in uniform are fighting two wars, guarding the front lines against a global terrorist enemy.\"\u003cbr/\u003e10. Cutaway Mullen and Levin \u003cbr/\u003e11. SOUNDBITE (English) Carl Levin, Democratic Senator from Michigan and Chairman of the Armed Services Committee:\u003cbr/\u003e\"I believe that ending the policy would improve our military''s capability and reflect our commitment to equal opportunity. I do not find the arguments that were used to justify ''don''t ask, don''t tell'' convincing when it took effect in 1993 and they are less so now.\"\u003cbr/\u003eFebruary 1, 2010\u003cbr/\u003e12. Set-up of David Hall, a former US Air Force sergeant, discharged in 2002\u003cbr/\u003e13. Various photos of Hall during his military service\u003cbr/\u003e14. SOUNDBITE (English) David Hall, Former US Air Force Sergeant:\u003cbr/\u003e\"My commander called me one day and said come see me. So I went in to see him and that''s when he said ''well unfortunately we are going to have to disenroll you from Air Force ROTC due to homosexual conduct.'' I was ranked number one in my class; I just had received my pilot slot a few months before that. So, definitely the type of person you want to get out of the military and not let serve. And that ended it; just like that based on what one person said ended my career, my dream of getting to fly planes.\"\u003cbr/\u003e15. Cutaway midshot of Hall\u003cbr/\u003e16. SOUNDBITE (English), David Hall, Former US Air Force Sergeant:\u003cbr/\u003e\"I think I would be very happy; I would be happy for several reasons. One, I''ve always thought it''s been a bad law, since 1993 it just didn''t make sense. Then, I think even the data the Pentagon had knew that it didn''t make sense, but they implemented it anyway. So I would be very grateful that they finally got rid of it, and mainly because we''re fighting two wars, we can''t afford to be kicking any patriotic Americans that want to serve our country out. I would think it''s a real shame that now someone can go serve Iraq, Afghanistan one, two, three times and then as soon as they find out they''re gay, as soon as they get back to the US, just give them the boot. What does that say as an American that we treat people this way.\"\u003cbr/\u003e17. Cutaway of Hall\u003cbr/\u003eThe US military''s top uniformed officer on Tuesday made an impassioned plea for allowing gays to serve openly in uniform, telling a Senate panel that it was a matter of integrity and that it is wrong to force people to \"lie about who they are in order to defend their fellow citizens.\"\u003cbr/\u003eThe comments by Admiral Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, sets the stage for the miltiary''s yearlong study into how the ban can repealed without causing a major upheaval to the force.\u003cbr/\u003eDefence Secretary Robert Gates, appearing with Mullen before the Senate Armed Services Committee,  announced plans for the study, as well as plans to loosen enforcement rules of the existing policy.\u003cbr/\u003ePresident Barack Obama has called for a repeal of the military''s \"don''t ask, don''t tell\" policy, which is based on a 1993 law and would require congressional action to change. \u003cbr/\u003eIf he succeeds, it would mark the biggest shake-up to military personnel policies since the 1948 executive order on racial integration.\u003cbr/\u003e\"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,\" said Mullen.\u003cbr/\u003eNoting that he was speaking for himself and not for the other service chiefs, Mullen added: \"For me, it comes down to integrity - theirs as individuals and ours as an institution.\"\u003cbr/\u003eSenator John McCain, the ranking committee Republican, publicly bristled at the Pentagon''s decision to launch the yearlong study into allowing gays to serve, saying he is \"deeply disappointed\" and calling the assessment \"clearly biased\" because it presumes the law should be changed.\u003cbr/\u003eWhile other Republicans sided with McCain, warning Mullen and Gates not to pursue a change at a time of two wars, Democrats said they would back it. \u003cbr/\u003eSenator Carl Levin, chairman of the Armed Services Committee, said a repeal of the law might be slipped into a broader military policy bill that authorises defence spending.\u003cbr/\u003eGates suggested that lawmakers keep the intensity of debate in tow until the military can get a better handle on how to proceed. \u003cbr/\u003eTo sort out the details, Gates has turned to Pentagon counsel Jeh Johnson and General Carter Ham, who leads Army forces in Europe, will conduct the yearlong assessment.\u003cbr/\u003eAs the Pentagon''s top legal counsel, Johnson has played an integral role in the effort to try to close the military prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.\u003cbr/\u003eMeanwhile, David Hall, a former US Air Force sergeant, said he was discharged in 2002 after someone else reported that he was gay.\u003cbr/\u003e\"That ended it,\" said Hall, who now works for a gay rights advocacy group. \u003cbr/\u003e\"Just like that, based on what one person said, ended my dream of 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