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
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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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