또한 우리대신 해외에서 싸우고 있는 육군 해군 공군의 군인들이 " 묻지도 말하지도 말자 " ( don't ask, don't tell) 라는 군대에서의 법이 폐기는 되었지만 정식으로 결혼을 할 수 없어 억압받고 있다고 느끼고 있음에 대해 나의 친구, 가족, 이웃들과 줄곧 이야기를 해왔습니다.
I have to tell you that over the course of several years as I have talked to friends and family and neighbors, when I think about members of my own staff who are in incredibly committed monogamous relationships, same- sex relationships, who are raising kids togethe when I think about those soldiers or airmen or marines or sailors who are out there fighting on my behalf and yet feel constrained, even now that'don't ask, don't tell'is gone, because they are not able to commit themselves in a marriage, at a certain point I've just concluded that for me personally it is important for me to go ahead and affirm that I think same sex couples should be able to get marriedQED QED