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Wide view Senate floor as vote starts 2. Various views as Senate vote results are announced - UPSOUND: (English) Senator Mark Begich, Democrat - Alaska: \"On this vote the Yeas are 56, the Nays...\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class='full-description hide'\u003eWashington, DC, US - September 21, 2010\u003cbr/\u003e1. Wide view Senate floor as vote starts \u003cbr/\u003e2. Various views as Senate vote results are announced - UPSOUND: (English) Senator Mark Begich, Democrat - Alaska: \u003cbr/\u003e\"On this vote the Yeas are 56, the Nays are 43... The motion is not agreed to.\"\u003cbr/\u003e3. Wide of Senate with computer graphic showing the outcome of the vote\u003cbr/\u003e4. Wide of news conference \u003cbr/\u003e5. SOUNDBITE: (English) Senator Carl Levin, Democrat - Michigan:\u003cbr/\u003e\"It is outrageous and it is sad that the Republicans have banded together to refuse to even let us begin debate on a bill which is so critically important to our nation's defence and so vital to the well being of our men and women in uniform and their families.\"\u003cbr/\u003e6. Wide of Senate Armed Services Committee hearing\u003cbr/\u003e7. SOUNDBITE: (English) Senator Carl Levin, Democrat - Michigan:\u003cbr/\u003e\"Could you, if confirmed, implement a repeal of the Don't Ask, Don't Tell policy in the marine corps?\"\u003cbr/\u003e8. SOUNDBITE: (English) General James Amos, nominee to head the US Marine Corps:\u003cbr/\u003e\"(The) Marine Corps is probably one of the most faithful services you have in our country. And if the law is changed by Congress and signed by the President of the United States the Marine Corps will step into it smartly.\"\u003cbr/\u003e9. SOUNDBITE: (English) Senator John McCain, Republican - Arizona: (partly overlaid with close shot of Amos)\u003cbr/\u003e\"In your written statement, I quote, 'in my personal view the current law and associated policies have supported the unique requirements of the Marine Corps and thus I do not recommend its repeal.'\" \u003cbr/\u003e10.  SOUNDBITE: (English) General James Amos, nominee to head the US Marine Corps:\u003cbr/\u003e\"Yes sir, that sounds accurate.\"\u003cbr/\u003e11. Cutaway of hearing\u003cbr/\u003e12. SOUNDBITE: (English) Senator John McCain, Republican - Arizona: (soundbite starts with close of Amos)\u003cbr/\u003e\"And the response, both online and at town hall meetings, I have been told have been overwhelmingly negative. Is that true?\"\u003cbr/\u003e13. SOUNDBITE: (English) General James Amos, nominee to head the US Marine Corps:\u003cbr/\u003e\"Sir, I've heard at the Marine Bases and the Marine input for the online survey, it has been predominantly negative.\"\u003cbr/\u003e14. Wide view Amos at witness table\u003cbr/\u003eSan Francisco, California, US - 21 September 2010\u003cbr/\u003e15. SOUNDBITE: (English) John Forrett, Commander of Post 448, Desert Storm veteran:\u003cbr/\u003e\"It's a serious form of discrimination, it's taking citizens of this country and treating them as second class citizens, in other words, its okay to die in combat, but don't die gay or at least don't come back gay because if you do we are going to throw you out, we are going to find out you are gay and throw you out.\"\u003cbr/\u003eFILE: Bermel Valley, Afghanistan - 11 September 2002\u003cbr/\u003e16. Troops placing explosives in weapons cache before destroying it\u003cbr/\u003eSan Francisco, California, US - 21 September 2010\u003cbr/\u003e17. SOUNDBITE: (English) James McDonnell, Sergeant-At-Arms for Post 448, served in Lebanon-Grenada: \u003cbr/\u003e\"To me it's a sin and today of all days we were hoping that our Congress would do the right thing and vote to overturn \"Don't ask, don't tell\" but unfortunately and I'm going to say this, the majority of the Republicans voted against it.\"\u003cbr/\u003eFILE: Bermel Valley, Afghanistan - 11 September 2002\u003cbr/\u003e18. Helicopters flying past\u003cbr/\u003eSan Francisco, California, US - 21 September 2010\u003cbr/\u003e19. SOUNDBITE: (English) Morningstar Vancil, women's commander for Post 448:\u003cbr/\u003e\"It's a very poor policy, because we don't ask straight people what they do in their bedroom with their husband and wife, so how dare they to ask me what I do in my bedroom? And to me its important that you judge me by my performance, how I do work as a military person, as a soldier.\" \u003cbr/\u003eFILE: Bermel Valley, Afghanistan - 11 September 2002\u003cbr/\u003e20. Wide of US troops walking on duty\u003cbr/\u003eSan Francisco, California, US - 21 September 2010\u003cbr/\u003e21.  SOUNDBITE: (English) Paul Goercke, chaplain for Post 448, WWII veteran:\u003cbr/\u003e\"It just does not seem right that at this point in our history we should be completely disregarded, it is as some have already said, it is a slap in the face.\"\u003cbr/\u003eFILE: Bermel Valley, Afghanistan - 11 September 2002\u003cbr/\u003e22. Troops looking through hole in wall they have made\u003cbr/\u003e23. Soldiers walking through house\u003cbr/\u003eSenate Republicans on Tuesday blocked an effort by Democrats and the White House to lift the ban on gays from serving openly in the military, voting unanimously against.\u003cbr/\u003eThe partisan vote was a defeat for Senate Democrats and gay rights advocates, who saw the bill as their last chance before November's mid term elections to overturn the 17-year-old law known as \"don't ask, don't tell.\"\u003cbr/\u003eWith the 56-43 vote, Democrats fell short of the 60 votes needed to advance the legislation.\u003cbr/\u003eIt also would have authorised a 726 (b) billion US dollar increase in defence spending including a pay raise for troops.\u003cbr/\u003eSenate Democrats attached the repeal provision to the defence bill in the hopes that Republicans would hesitate to vote against legislation that included popular defence programmes. \u003cbr/\u003eBut Republicans opposed the bill anyway, thwarting a key part of the Democrats' legislative agenda.\u003cbr/\u003eNow, gay rights advocates say they worry they have lost a crucial opportunity to change the law. \u003cbr/\u003eIf Democrats lose seats in the upcoming elections this fall, repealing the ban could prove even more difficult, if not impossible, next year.\u003cbr/\u003eAfter the bid to change the law failed, Senator Carl Levin, Democrat for Michigan, labelled the Republicans stance on the matter as \"outrageous.\"\u003cbr/\u003e\"Republicans have banded together to refuse to even let us begin debate on a bill which is so critically important to our nation's defence and so vital to the well being of our men and women in uniform and their families,\" he added.\u003cbr/\u003eAt a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing to discuss the change of law, General James Amos, nominee to head the US Marine Corps, said that if the law was changed he was confident it would be implemented by military personnel.\u003cbr/\u003e\"(The) Marine Corps is probably one of the most faithful services you have in our country. And if the law is changed by Congress and signed by the President of the United States the Marine Corps will step into it smartly,\" he said.\u003cbr/\u003eHowever he did point out when answering a question from Republican Senator John McCain, that an online survey within the military had predominately objected to lifting the ban on gays serving openly in the military.\u003cbr/\u003eEarlier this month a federal judge in Los Angeles declared the ban an unconstitutional violation of the due process and free speech rights of gays and lesbians. \u003cbr/\u003eThe decision was the third federal court ruling since July to assert that statutory limits on the rights of gays and lesbians were unconstitutional.\u003cbr/\u003eSenate Majority Leader Harry Reid, a Democrat, gave Republicans the chance to offer only one amendment to address Republican objections on the military's policy on gays.\u003cbr/\u003eReid agreed to force a vote on the bill this week and limit debate, despite Republican objections. \u003cbr/\u003eRepublicans alleged that Reid was using the defence bill to score political points with the Democratic base.\u003cbr/\u003eDemocrats countered that the bill merely reflects public opinion. Recent polls suggest that a majority of Americans think the ban on gays in the military should be overturned.\u003cbr/\u003eBut at least for now, the question of how and when to change the policy returns to the Pentagon, which had set a December deadline to complete a study of the effects of lifting the ban. \u003cbr/\u003eDefence Secretary Robert Gates has said that he supports Obama's goal of repeal, but Gates made it clear he thought the process should move gradually.\u003cbr/\u003eA major problem for the Democrats was the fact they failed to keep all of their party members in line. \u003cbr/\u003eDemocratic Senators Blanche Lincoln and Mark Pryor, both of Arkansas, voted with Republicans to scuttle the bill. \u003cbr/\u003eThe vote was 56-43, four short of the 60 required to advance under Senate rules.\u003cbr/\u003eWhen it became clear that Democrats would lose, Reid cast his own vote in opposition as a procedural tactic. \u003cbr/\u003eUnder Senate rules, doing so enabled him to revive the bill.\u003cbr/\u003eConservative groups hailed the vote as a victory for the troops.\u003cbr/\u003eAn estimated 13-thousand people have been discharged under the law since its inception in 1993. \u003cbr/\u003eAlthough most dismissals have resulted from gay service members outing themselves, gay rights' groups say it has been used by vindictive co-workers to drum out troops who never made their sexuality an issue.\u003cbr/\u003eIn San Francisco, California there was strong reaction from Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) at the Alexander Hamilton American Legion Post 448.\u003cbr/\u003eMembers at the predominantly gay VFW, said they were ashamed of what happened in Washington.\u003cbr/\u003e\"It's a serious form of discrimination, taking citizens of this country and treating them as second class citizens,\" said John Forrett who served as a commander in Desert Storm during the Persian Gulf War.\u003cbr/\u003e\"Its okay to die in combat, but don't die gay or at least don't come 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