Obama May Pick "Homosexual" For Navy Secretary
by: Autumn Sandeen
Sat Dec 20, 2008 at 21:00:00 PM EST
http://pamshouseblend.com/showDiary.do;jsessionid=16B2003AF4E52DB0B35AC6E086DEACB4?diaryId=8730Newsweek, and a few other MSM outlets, are reporting that President-elect Obama is considering the appointment of the first openly gay chief of a military branch. Bill White (president of the Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum in New York) is apparently being vetted for the job of Navy Secretary:
...Sources tell NEWSWEEK that the president-elect is considering the appointment of the first openly gay chief of a military branch.
" ...Because the Navy secretary is a civilian job, White's appointment wouldn't directly conflict with the military ban on gays. But it would certainly bring new attention to the Pentagon's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy as Obama gets ready to take office. Getting rid of that law--under which more than 12,000 members of the military have been discharged--was an Obama campaign promise, though the president-elect has since acknowledged its repeal might take some time. If nominated, White, 42, will likely face questions about his take on that policy, implemented by President Clinton in 1993. "
