. >> with me now, sam rogers, communications director at the international which has been studying opinion within the military. and that is a key pole that is being done servicemen and women in afghanistan and iraq. whether you finding? >> what was interesting was that support was divided. less than a third is supporting the policy of allowing gays in the military and support -- slightly more than a third opposing it. when we broke up the sample betweenhose who had experience with a homosexual in the unit and as he did not, the majority who did not have experienced thought it would have a negative impact. then we looked at those who had experience with a homosexual in yet. the majority said it had no input -- no impact. >> you asked members of the military whether they felt comfortable with says. what did they say? >> the vast majority, three in four, said they felt perfectly comfortable around them as sexual. >> and yet there is on minority you feel uncomfortable. so what you think about president obama saying he wants to repeal this don't ask, don't tell policy? >> i think a lot of peopl

sam. >>> now, we're going to turn to the obama white house, which has announced a staff shakeup. desie rogers said today she's leaving. jake tapper has more tonight. jake? >> reporter: good evening, diane. desiree gers is a harvard business school graduate, a powerful chicago businesswoman and a long-time friend of the obamas. but her tenure here has not been without blemishes. many white house officials were quietly happy about the news of her departure, but the official line from the white house today was praise for desiree rogers. >> her service as the president and first lady have said is to be commended. countless numbers of people have come to events here that have -- that showcased the people's house. >> reporter: unfortunately, at least two of those people who came to white house events were not supposed to be there. the salahis, who in november crashed the first and only state dinner that rogers organized. critics, including some white house staffers cited this moment. rogers showing off her designer dress, mingling with guests, while no one from the social office was at the gates, w