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e military", Mitt claimed that he no longer found these views to be necessary since "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" "appeared to be successful." 0:00:00.360,0:00:03.440 governor romney you said in nineteen ninety four that you look forward to the 0:00:03.440,0:00:07.370 day when gays and lesbians could serve and I quote, "openly and honestly in our 0:00:07.370,0:00:10.599 nation's military". Do you stand by that? This isn't that time. 0:00:10.599,0:00:14.539 This is not the time. We're in the middle of a war, the people who have watched...Do you look 0:00:14.539,0:00:16.279 forward to that time though, one day? 0:00:16.279,0:00:18.880 I can listen to people who run the military to see what the circumstances 0:00:18.880,0:00:23.099 are like and and my view is that at this stage this is not the time for us 0:00:23.099,0:00:25.860 to make that kind of a change. Is there a change in your position... Yeah, I didn't think it would work 0:00:25.860,0:00:28.009 I didn't think that Don't Ask Don't Tell would work. 0:00:28.009,0:00:30.480 that was my... I didn't think that would work. I thought that was a policy, when 0:00:30.480,0:00:33.800 i heard about that I laughed, I said, "that doesn't make any sense to me," and you know what it's been 0:00:33.800,0:00:37.880 there now for what fifteen years? Seems to have worked. so just unclear at this point 0:00:37.880,0:00:41.220 do you still look forward to a day when gays can serve openly in the military, or no 0:00:41.220,0:00:42.380 longer? 0:00:42.380,0:00:45.450 i look forward to hearing from the military exactly what they believe is the right 0:00:45.450,0:00:47.360 way to have the right kind of cohesion 0:00:47.360,0:00:54.360 and support in our troops and I'll listen to what they have to say. 0:01:12.610,0:01:12.860