''Now if there is misconduct, there are regulations to deal with that misconduct. But we're talking about orientation -- not misconduct, here. And that is the premise of my question to you, Ms. Donnelly, is that you're saying that our military -- the greatest military in the world, one I was honored to serve with when I first put the uniform on back in 1993 -- is not as professional as 24 other countries, because they can understand what is right and what is wrong.''

Congressman Patrick J Murphy (D-PA), an Iraq war veteran, debating vigorously with Elaine Donnelly, the President for the Center for Military Readiness, a conservative organization that want's to keep the ban on gay and lesbians serving in the miitary but also to do away with the ''Don't Ask, Don't Tell'' policy because they believe it is inconsistent with the ban and affects unit cohesion. (C-SPAN 3 video via Nancy Pelosi's YouTube channel)