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John McCain (February 2, 2010), at a United States Senate hearing where Secretary of Defense Robert Gates and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Michael Mullen stated they supported the decision of President Barack Obama to seek a repeal of the policy — reported in Shear, Michael D. (February 3, 2010), McCain appears to shift on 'don't ask, don't tell', work: The Washington Post, publisher: The Washington Post Company, retrieved: 2010-10-28
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At this moment of immense hardship for our armed services, we should not be seeking to overturn the 'don't ask, don't tell' policy.

— John McCain on Don't ask, don't tell

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "At this moment of immense hardship for our armed services, we should not be seeking to overturn the 'don't ask, don't tell' policy." in the context of "John McCain (February 2, 2010), at a United States Senate hearing where Secretary of Defense Robert Gates and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Michael Mullen stated they supported the decision of President Barack Obama to seek a repeal of the policy — reported in Shear, Michael D. (February 3, 2010), McCain appears to shift on 'don't ask, don't tell', work: The Washington Post, publisher: The Washington Post Company, retrieved: 2010-10-28" to mean that wisdom is timeless.

Source: Wikiquote: "Don't ask, don't tell" (Quotes) The 'What it means' explanation text was generated by Google Gemini Flash (accessed January 18, 2026). https://gemini.google.com/app

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John McCain

About John McCain

John Sidney McCain III (29 August 1936 - 25 August 2018) was an American politician, statesman, and United States Navy officer who served as a United States Senator for Arizona from 1987 until his death in 2018. He previously served two terms in the United States House of Representatives and was the Republican nominee for president of the United States in the 2008 election, which he lost to Barack Obama.