On the University of San Diego website, USD student, activist, and veteran Joseph Rocha, who I've written about extensively on this blog, provides a first-person account of his December trip to Washington D.C. at the invitation of the White House to be present for President Barack Obama's signing of the bill to repeal "Don't Ask, Don't Tell."
On the USD site, Rocha, who was ousted from the military because he is gay and now plans to return to the service and become a Marine officer, writes: