Thursday's DADT Hearing in Two (Okay, Three) Pictures

The wordier version.  A frustrated Chairman of the Joint Chiefs.  A frustrated Defense Secretary.  The Code Pink coda.

(photo 1: :Alex Brandon / AP. Caption via TIME White House photo blog:
A report sits in front of the seat for Gen. Carter Ham, commander of the United States Army Europe and co-chairman of the Comprehensive Review Working Group, on Capitol Hill in Washington Thursday, Dec. 2, 2010, during the Senate Armed Services Committee’s ‘Don’t Ask Don’t Tell’ policy. photo 2: Stephen Crowley/The New York Times. Caption: Senators John McCain, right, and Carl Levin during the Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on the military’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy.)