Gen. James Amos, the commandant of the Marine Corps, said Thursday that Don’t Ask Don’t Tell should be repealed as soon as this summer—and he compared the holdouts to the Alamo.

Amos mentioned another close call. During the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, his office was destroyed by the jetliner that flew into the Pentagon. At the time, Amos was elsewhere in the ...

On the C-SPAN Networks: James F. Amos is a Commandant for the U.S. Marine Corps with 26 videos in the C-SPAN Video Library; the first appearance was a 2003 Forum as a Commanding General for the ...