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Clinton to end military gay ban WASHINGTON (AIM As president. Hill Clin ton will b<- ford'd to deal w ith one of the most ex plosive issues affecting the military in dor ados the Pentagon's 50-venr ban on homosexuals and his promise to end it Clinton has not said when or how such i policy change would be instituted And few inside the Pentagon have begun to prepare the military's 1 H million members for suc h a major change, offi cials said But Lawrence Korb, Pentagon personnel chief during the Reagan administration, predicted. "Even if he doesn't act — which he could bv signing an executive order the courts will make; tho Pentagon do it Tuesday, a federal judge in Los Angela* reaffirmed his order that the Navy reinstate a homo sexual sailor, though the judge did not rule on the overall Issue of whether the military ban is legal under the Constitution Speaking to reporters Wednesday in Little Kook, Clin ton said, "I don't think (homo sexual) status alone, in the ab sence of some destructive he havlor, should disqualify peo ple” from serving The nresidont-elect said he in I tends to consult with military leaders afxmt "the mechanics" of a change in policy but did not say when that might occur. "I think them are ways that we can deal with this that will increase the comfort level of a lot of military folks," he said Adm William Crowe, the retired chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and a Clinton adviser on defense issues, said in a separate interview that ho has told the governor to move "carefully and I wasn't joking when I said carefully.” Crowe said he was specifically asked about the issue in a meeting with Clinton and that he told him, "I didn't necessarily agree with the gover nor.” They agreed to discuss it further, Crowe added ‘It would be a wrenching change. We're not ready for it Good people will leave the military in droves over tNs.' Four-star general speaking on condition of anonymity Revoking lhi' Kin would lie one of the most fur reaching social changes imposed on the armed servit.es since President Truman ordered blacks integrated into the military In loin I’roponents of .1 change in the policy have expressed hope that ('Union will remove the han in his first days in office About 14,000 men and women have been kicked out of the sorvli es during the past to years because they were homosexual In the past, the courts have bin kist the I’enta gon directive that states that "homosexuality is incompatible witjt military service" and that the presence 01 nomosexuais m me military impedes "discipline, good order and mom It* And two of the Pentagon's most senior officer* Con Col m Powell, the chairman of Un Joint Chiefs of Staff, and C.i-n Cordon Sullivan, the chief of stall of the Army have repeal odlv declared their opposition to any change in the policy lloth four star generals, who are expected to continue In *er vice under Clinton, contend tin* issue affects troops' battle readi nrss. moral** and righlft to privacy U is difficult in .1 military setting where there is no privacy, whore you don't K«H choice of asso ciation, where you don't gut choice of whore you |lvo to introduce a group of Individuals wiio are proud, brave, loyal, good Americans but who fa vor a homosexual lifestyle, Powell said in con gressional testimony earlier this year And privately, other top military officers say they are concerned about a wave of resignations and disruptions should the ban be lifted "It would be a wrenching change," said one four-star general who heads a service branch, speaking on condition of anonymity "We re not ready for it Good people will leave the military in droves over this " Fired federal official says she did no wrong WASHINGTON (AIM A State; Department official <i is■ missed by President Bush said Wednesday she hud (lone noth ing "wrong or inappropriate' and had merely tried to make sort tin; department acted Improperly in pursuing media re quests for information from Bill Clinton's passport records Former Assistant Secretary ol State Elizabeth M Tamposi made the comment in a state ment sent to a newspaper in Now Hampshire, the day after Bush decided to relieve her of her duties President-elect Clinton said Wednesday he appreciated tin step Bush had taken "1 thought it was .in appropriate gesture," lie said Bush acted following reports that Tamposi'» bureau had con ducted pre-election searches into the files of Koss Perot as well as Clinton Tin- State Department or dered Tamposi to vacate her of liee by Wednesday afternoon A few hours lx-fore that dead line she said in a statement to The I'alogruph of Nashua, N H . that she was proud of her three years of service in tin- Bureau of Consular Affairs Concerning pre-election news media requests for infor mation on Clinton, Tamposi said, "1 look no action that I deemed wrong or inappropri ate.” She did not make tile same statement regarding allegations that her bureau searched for Perot's files and those of (Min ton's mother However, she said at no lime did she "initiate or attempt to expedite a review of any passport files " She said her involvement in file searches was undertaken 7 took no action I deemed wrong or inappropriate.’ Elizabeth M Tamposi. former Asst Sec of State exclusively lu unsure that her bureau properly conducted the media requests "with appropri iile safeguards lor all passport information " She said. "I did not approve, ent ourage or condone any re view of passport records other than those specifically identi fied" in media requests under the Freedom of Information Act According to published re ports quoting State Department officials, there have been FOIA requests for information on Perot but none pertain to pass port files Efforts to reach Tamposi. who has long been active in Re publican politics, for additional comment were unsuc i essful A person who answered a call to her State Department office was unresponsive to question* about tier whereabouts Tamposi said in the state ment that she would not corn nient further until she has an opportunity to read a report on an investigation liegun by the State Department inspector general three weds ago I tie report is expected to tie made public soon. The core issue in the contro versy is whether Tamposi and her colleagues in the (Consular Affairs bureau attempted to bol ster Bush's re-election cam paign by trying to dig up dirt on his opponents. Fake bomb discovered on airplane NLW YORK (AP) A harmless device that l(x>k<si like ,i bomb was found aboard a jetliner during a flight Wednesday after Unit ed Airlines received a Iximb threat, an official said The jet landed safely at Kennedy Airport The Booing ?f>7 was taken to a remote area of the air port where the 48 passengers and 10 crewmembers left the plane using portable stair cases A package found on the airc raft contained a harmless device rigged to resemble a bomb and a note demanding S600.000, said Port Authori ty Spokesman Bill Cahill. The FBI Is investigating the incident Law enforcement sources said a rambling letter was faxed to the airline's Chicago headquarters while Plight 40 was on route from Los An geles to New York The let ter ordered that the money be delivered lo an office in midtown Manhattan, said the sources, who insisted on anonymity. The sources said a crew member found the package in an overhead bin, where the note said it would ho. and immersed it in water at the rear of the plane Passenger Harold Dolbock, an accountant from Orange County, Calif., said the cap tain told passengers there was a bomb threat and asked them to move toward to empty seats. He said the pas sengers were culm. 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