During President Obama's State of the Union Address I was surprised at the Military Chiefs of Staffs non-response to the following statement he made,"This year, I will work with Congress and our military to finally repeal the law that denies gay Americans the right to serve the country they love because of who they are." After seeing them giving their Commander in Chief standing ovations whenever he made mention of the military or defense it was a sharp contrast to see them sitting on their hands when he mentioned the prospects of gay people being able to serve their country