Sam Nunn

Seventeen years after leading the fight in Congress against gays in the military, former Democratic Sen. Sam Nunn says he thinks gays could serve openly without damaging the armed forces' ability to fight.In an interview this week, Nunn told The Associated Press that the law known as "don't ask, don't tell" should be overturned as long as there is enough time to prepare the troops for the change. He said the Pentagon should be given at least a year before the repeal takes effect to ensure operations in Afghanistan aren't affected."Society has changed, and the military has changed," the former senator from Georgia said.Democrats have been trying unsuccessfully for months to repeal the law, which bans troops from acknowledging their sexual orientation. A provision in a broader defense policy bill would lift the ban, contingent upon certification by the president and the Pentagon that doing so wouldn't hurt military effectiveness.But the latest attempt to pass the bill stalled in the Sena...

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