i came here as a 12-year-old and lived right across the street from furman university on chapel road. i was a seventh grader at duncan chapel elementary school. coming from orange county, california, into a recently desegregating environment here. a different time of year i went to duncan chapel and we had first through fifth grade and the seventh grade, because the sixth graders were bused bussed elsewhere. i saw firsthand from a kid from orange county, california, i saw a little bit of the different environment as greenville was going to the challenges of racial desegregation. that was my first foray into issues. issues in the discrimination world. i saw that institution struggle to decide how to accommodate women at a school that was probably all male and where the administration was not all that excited to opening up west point to women. i got to see how that evolved over the years. then again, a different aspect of litigation in 1992 with bill clinton. one of the things before he took office, he said, i will figure out how to open up our armed forces to homosexuals and lesbians t

of the army, lieutenant general david chipman talks about legal issues facing the .ilitary, from furman university in greenville, south carolina, this is just under one hour. [applause] >> one of the hallmarks of the american democratic experiment and one of the hallmarks of our constitutional tradition is that, for centuries, as a republic, we have debated in our public policy and in our law fundamental questions that go to the core of our values and our american identity.

chipman spoke last week at furman university. he spoke about same-sex marriage, combat, and set patrol salt. -- and assault. this is under an hour. >> one of the hallmarks of the american democratic experiment and one of the hallmarks of our constitutional tradition is that, for centuries, as a republic, we have debated in our public policy and in our law fundamental questions that go to the core of our values and our american identity. we debate the meaning of freedom of religion and the establishment of religion. we debate the meaning of freedom of speech. we debate what equality means and how it translates to equality on issues of race, gender, and sexuality. we debate the role of different branches of government, the role of the president as the commander in chief, and as the head of the executive branch. and the roles of congress and .he roles of the courts as much as they are contentious and changing in the general rinas of american life, they must in turn be translated and interpreted and applied to our armed forces. while

i lived right across the street from furman university. i was a seventh grader at duncan chapel elementary school. coming from orange county, california, into a recently desegregating environment here in greensboro. a different time. i went to duncan chapel and we had the first through fifth grade and seventh grade because the sixth graders were bussed elsewhere. my system was a freshman in high school and she was busted. so i kind of saw firsthand for a kid from orange county, california, where i walk past orange groves and out of my element to school, i saw a bit of a different environment as greenville was going through the challenges of racial desegregation. that was my first foray into issues of interest in the discrimination will. my next chance to see these issues play that more closely was 1990 -- 1976 when it entered the united states military academy at west point and i was in the first class of women there. i saw that institution tackle this fundamental challenge of figuring out how we will accommodate limited program that was p

from furman university in south carolina, this is just under an hour. hallmarks of the american democratic experiment and one of the hallmarks of our constitutional tradition is that -- centuries as our public as a republic, we have debated fundamental questions that go to the core of our values and our american identity. we debate the meaning of the freedom of religion and the establishment of religion. we debate the meaning of freedom of speech and what equality means and how it translates into the quality and issues such as race or gender or sexuality. we debate the roles of the different branches of government, the role of the president as commander in chief and as the head of the executive branch, and the rules of congress and the courts and our complex system of checks and balances. , as much asbates their contentious and difficult theyconstantly changing, must be translated and applied to our armed forces. that it is sometimes true the political decisions, the social policy decisions, the legal or constitutional decisions that emerge in the civil

thank you furman and the riley institute allowing me to come here to escape the sequestered environmentton, d.c. will i train to time and not the standards. i won't speak any longer than thirty minutes. i want to preserve chances for you to ask questions. you can ask me anything. i'm singing for my super, please feel free to ask whatever you would like. i would like to tell you how i came here in 1970, i came here as a 12-year-old and lived across the street on duncan chapel road. i was a seventh grader at the elementary school. coming from orange county, california to a recently desegregating environment here. a different time. i went to duncan chapel and we had the first through fifth grade and seventh grade. my sister was a freshman in high school. she was bussed to a different school. i saw firsthand from a kid from orange county, california i saw a different environment as they were going through the challenge of racial desegregation. that was my first foray in to interest of the discrimination world. my next change to see the issues play out closely in 1976, first, when i entered