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 k7 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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