Colin Powell supports lifting of Don't Ask Don't Tell

"Retired Army Gen. Colin L. Powell, who opposed allowing gay men and lesbians to serve openly in the armed forces when he was the nation's top military officer, said Wednesday that he supports efforts to lift the ban on their service. " Quote from Washington Post.Com
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/02/03/AR2010020302292.html?hpid=topnews
Now doesn't that put a monkey wrench in the wheels of the Hateful Republican party hacks who have harped over and over on the General's past statements supporting "Don't Ask Don't Tell."
I see the walls of the resistance cracking...Republican Senators are now softening their stance, to save face, against Gay people serving openly in the military...and they say President Obama is not having an impact in a positive way...ha!
Skilled personnel is hard to come by and even harder to keep, with the thousands of skilled Gay personnel that have been let go, our military is in a really bad state.
We have lost skilled persons in just about every area of the military, including translators, snipers, and many specialists.
We need this Don't Ask Don't Tell policy to be repealed quickly, now... not in a year or longer...
There has been approximately 13,500 dismissals since 1993.