http://www.southernvoice.com/2004/1-16/news/national/clark.cfm
Houston Voice: The U.S. military policy of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" has been criticized by gay civil rights activists. If you are elected president, what would you do with that policy?
Wesley Clark: Well, I'll call in the United States military's uniformed leaders and the Department of Defense leadership and tell them that we need to get a policy that represents America. I don't want the armed forces to be the last institution in America that discriminates against people. I believe people should have equal rights.
"Don't Ask, Don't Tell" is not working, at least that's all the indications I get, and furthermore, it's still discriminatory. So they'll have to look at policies elsewhere and find other ways to do it. I won't tell them how to do it. I want them to fix it in a way that's right for America.
Voice: If there's a resistance like there was under the Clinton administration, would you intervene or just leave it up to the military?
Clark: No, you have to lead. You cannot leave it up to the military people. But it's up to the uniformed military to come up and address the issue, and they'll have to do it to my satisfaction.