"It's been polled amongst members of the US military and in recent years the figure is in the low to mid 40s. Duckworth isn't running for Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, though."
Duckworth doesn't have to live with that BS. It's one thing to be a napkin folder in uniform, it's another thing to be someone who has to face life in the chit. I've known hundreds of combat-trained military over the past 25 years, and its rare...very rare...to find someone who doesn't reject the idea of normalizing homosexuality in the military.
Well, my only point is that Duckworth's handling of the issue strikes me as politically incompetent. As for the policy itself, I doubt it'll change anytime soon, so I don't even bother thinking much about it one way or the other.