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þ PRESIDENT-ELECT CLINTON SAYS HE'LL END THE MILITARY'S BAN ON GAYS --
  SOMETIME

  LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (EP) -- Gay activists who believed Bill Clinton 
  would end the military's ban on homosexuality with a magic wave of his
  "executive order" wand during his first 100 days in office are bracing
  themselves for disappointment. Clinton has reaffirmed his commitment to
  ending the ban on gays in military service. But he has backpedaled a bit
  -- partly in response to almost unanimous opposition to the idea from
  congressional and military leaders -- and now says he'll form a
  committee to study the problem.

  In a Veterans Day address in Little Rock, the president-elect said, "How 
  to do it, the mechanics of doing it, I want to consult with military
  leaders about that. There will be time to do that. My position is we
  need everybody in America that's got a contribution to make, that's
  willing to obey the law and work hard and play by the rules."

  On Nov. 16, Clinton expanded on his remarks, saying, "On the issue of 
  gays in the military, I've made no decision on a timetable except I want 
  to firmly proceed ... after consulting with military leaders."

  Gen. Colin Powell, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the 
  highest-ranking black man in U.S. military history, has said that 
  removing the ban on gays "would be prejudicial to good order and 
  discipline."

  Military leaders say that open displays of homosexuality in the military 
  would undermine morale and discipline, and open a Pandora's box of 
  sexual harassment actions. They also note that sharing barracks, 
  showers, and latrines -- especially in combat or at sea -- could pose 
  overwhelming logistical problems.

  "It is difficult in a military setting where there is no privacy, where 
  you don't get choice of association, where you don't get choice of where 
  you live, to introduce a group of individual who are proud, brave, 
  loyal, good Americans, but who favor a homosexual lifestyle," Powell 
  told the House Budget Committee earlier this year.

  Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Sam Nunn (D-Ga.), considered a 
  top candidate for the job of Defense Secretary, sid on CBS-TV's "Face 
  the Nation" that he favors the current policy. "We've got to consider 
  not only the rights of homosexuals but also the rights of those who are 
  not homosexual and who give up a great deal of their privacy when they 
  go in the military," he said.

  If the change is to be made, Nunn added, it shouldn't happen in the 
  first 100 days. "I think it ought to be studied as much as necessary to 
  make sure that when he does implement it, we know exactly what we're 
  doing and the military is fully prepared for it, and you don't have, for 
  instance, violence against homosexuals," he said.

  Clinton could lift the ban on homosexuals in the military through an 
  executive order, but the rules against homosexual conduct spelled out in 
  the Uniform Code of Military Justice can't be changed without an act of 
  Congress. "I'd be surprised if he won that vote," said Senate Minority 
  Leader Robert Dole (R-Kan.), who warned that quick action on the ban 
  would cause Clinton "more trouble than he can add up right now. ...It 
  will cause real problems with the military."

  In a related story, a sailor who was drummed out of the Navy after 
  revealing that he was a homosexual got his job back Nov. 12 under court 
  order. Petty Officer First Class Keith Meinhold, who teaches sonar crews 
  to hunt submarines, sued for reinstatement after being dismissed, and a 
  U.S. District Court judge ordered the Navy to give him his old job until 
  the case is settled. A Nov. 16 effort by the Navy to reverse the judge's 
  decision was ineffective, and Meinhold is back on duty. Judge Terry 
  Hatter hinted that he dislikes the ban on gays, and suggested that the 
  Defense Department, "listening to the President-elect," should "put 
  everything on hold" and stop discharging homosexuals until Clinton has
  acted on the issue.

  The military has dismissed more than 17,000 homosexuals in the past
  decade to enforce its policy.


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