By a vote of 65 - 31, DADT has been repealed.

As Senator Wyden of Oregon said - "I don't care who you love, if you love this country enough to risk your life for it, you shouldn't have to hide who you are. You ought to be able to serve."

From Senator Carl Levin of Michigan - Staff Sgt. Eric Alva, USMC, was the first ground-unit casualty of the war in Iraq. The first casualty in the war in Iraq was a gay soldier. The mine that took off his right leg didn't give a darn whether he was gay or straight. We shouldn't either.