`
`
`
`
ONE THING...
`
June 20, 2004
Associated Press
Military Booted 770 in 2003 for Being Gay
`
"...[There were] 1,227 discharges in 2001 -
just before the invasions of Afghanistan and
Iraq.
`
"Since `don't ask, don't tell' was adopted in
1994, nearly 10,000 military personnel have
been discharged - including linguists, nuclear
warfare experts and other key specialists."
`
AP quotes a  no-gay-troops spokesperson at
the Center for Military Readiness:
`
"There is no shortage of people in the military
and we do not need people  who identify
themselves as homosexual."
`
`
...LEADS TO ANOTHER
`
June 20, 2004
Associated Press
Man Claims He Was Tricked to Join Army
`
"A recent high school graduate is accusing
an Army recruiter of tricking him into enlisting
once he changed his mind about joining the
military."
`
"Donna May said her grandson notified his
Army recruiter months ago that he had
changed his mind about joining.
`
"Ryan Winter's family claims he was told if he
did not sign final enlistment papers, he would
be considered absent without leave, fined
$50,000, face prison time and never find a
decent job again."
`
`
AP 1:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A56522-2004Jun20?language=printer
AP 2:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A56433-2004Jun20?language=printer
`
`
`
`