The SenatorHe has appeared on [[C-Span]] (date unspecified) during his campaign speaking about the prospects of war between the United States and Iran.<ref>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GRuVkSDRZ_M</ref>
Senator GravelHe was interviewed on Toniq TV in February 2007 where he forthrightly expressed views supporting the lifting of restrictions against the service of identified gays and lesbians in the US military.<ref>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8-0nmEbMV8&mode=related&search=</ref> Calling comparison to [[Executive Order 9981|President Harry S. Truman's racial desegregation of the US military in 1948]] he criticized former President [[Bill Clinton]] as 'dead wrong' and 'mousy' for his innovation of the [[don't ask don't tell]] policy covering homosexual conduct by military members:
<blockquote>"If you have any knowledge of history, ancient history, in Sparta they ''encouraged'' homosexuality because they fight for the people they love and if its your partner and you love him then you're prepared to die for him. It's the same ethic in the military today. It's not [about] the country, it's [about] my partner who's sharing my foxhole with me."</blockquote>
