Honorable John McCain
United States Senator, Arizona, Republican
Senator McCain was first elected to the U.S. Senate in 1986. He served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1982 to 1986. He sits on the following committees: Armed Services, where he is the Ranking Minority Member; Energy and Natural Resources; Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions; Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs; and Indian Affairs. The following is from a statement before the Senate Armed Services Committee during a February 2, 2010, hearing on the Defense Department’s Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell policy. We meet this afternoon to consider the Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell policy — a policy that the President…
