So how did the Veterans Lobby Day go?

For the past two days, many vets went to DC to lobby for a DADT repeal. Sponsored by the HRC and Servicemembers United, gay vets got a chance to voice their opinions.

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Some vets were happy and some wasn't completely moved, but it seems hope was alive.

Metro Weekly reports:

After the meeting, Jason Knight, who served in the Navy but was discharged under DADT, was obviously impressed by the working-group members he met: ''They're really dedicated to doing it, and doing it right.''

Knight also spoke to concerns that the working group might not get needed input from gay and lesbian servicemembers because of the constraints of the current policy, which allows for the discharge of openly gay personnel.

''This was the very first meeting where we had LGBT veterans who were able to speak on behalf of those who can't,'' he said.

Leaving the Pentagon, another veteran noted that during the meeting he attended, there had been a moment when he felt that the working-group representatives gained a significant perspective of how the repeal of DADT would not be as thorny a transition as some opponents of repeal claim.

Maybe with more push and buy-in from the vets, Congress will feel more compelled to make this happen... Hopefully.

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