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Defense Secretary Robert Gates is urging gay and lesbian soldiers to take the Pentagon's survey on "don't ask, don't tell," as the resulting information could be vital to repealing the 17-year-old law.
Gates, speaking to service members in South Korea, voiced his concerns about the 400,000 surveys issued to military personnel recently, and the outcry some have made in regards to the confidentiality of the surveys.
"If the law changes and we are told to implement it -- and we will, if the law changes -- then how do we do this in a way that makes sense?" Gates saidaccording to United Press International. "How do we identify beforehand the problems, the issues and the challenges that we're going to face? The kind of training requirements we're going to need, the kinds of changes in regulations, the impact on benefits -- all of these things need to be addressed in advance...That's where we want to hear from you all."
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