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reexamination about how this policy is implemented," added Clinton.

The policy was agreed to reluctantly by Clinton in 1993 after the Senate, led by Armed Services Committee Chair Sen. Sam Nunn (D) of Georgia, rejected of his original plan to allow gay service members to serve openly.

"I had a clear a clear signal from Congress that if I implemented my policy, they would reverse it by an overwhelming majority,” noted Clinton about his executive order lifting the gay ban.

The president's comments came one week after probable US Senate candidate Hillary Clinton told the Empire State Pride Agenda that the policy agreed to by her husband is a "failure." Mrs. Clinton said, "Fitness to serve should be based on an individual's conduct, not sexual orientation."

Democratic presidential candidate Al Gore agrees with Mrs. Clinton. "Don't ask, don't tell hasn't worked. I don't think it has been implemented correctly because it hasn't reached the stated objective," reiterated Gore following his criticism of the policy in an earlier Advocate interview.

Command knew of Winchell's plight

At hearings held this summer over the Winchell murder, witnesses testified that the high command at Ft. Campbell knew that Winchell was facing anti-gay harassment on a daily basis and did nothing about it.

Testimony given December 8 by Staff Sergeant Michael Kleifgan indicates that the Inspector General failed to respond to a complaint he filed about a sergeant who called Winchell a "faggot" and said, "That faggot has a drinking problem. I'm going to teach him a lesson."

Glover's defense counsel said he was not guilty of premeditated murder and accused Specialist Justin Fisher of instigating the July 5 murder. Specialist Gabriel Tucker, the military police officer who drove Winchell to the hospital, testified that Fisher yelled

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angrily at the medics, "Let him die." Other soldiers testified that Fisher spread the rumors about Winchell being gay throughout the unit. Winchell and Fisher were roommates.

Glover was found guilty of premeditated murder December 7 as part of a plea agreement for beating Winchell to death with a baseball bat while Winchell slept.

Fisher's court martial hearings began December 13. He is accused of participating as a principal to premeditated murder, acting as an accessory after the fact, making false statements under oath, and obstructing the investigation.

Stacey Sobel, senior staff attorney for the Servicemembers Legal Defense Network,

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sexual orientation."

which monitors "don't ask, don't tell, don't pursue," is disappointed that it took such a brutal death to focus attention on the fact that

the military policy is a failure, but of that attention, Sobel says, "I hope something good can come out of this."

Sobel added that of all the abuses of the policy this year, "This is the only case where someone got murdered."

Sobel noted that the failure of the policy in protecting gay service members is extensive.

"The commanders knew and didn't stop the harassment. That is not unusual." She added, "I'm glad attention has been drawn to this case, but the failures are not limited to this case. It is happening on every base."

Sobel also said that since the July murder, SLDN has not seen any change in Pentagon behavior.

"There has been no change in what the command is doing. We have seen nothing to indicate change," she added.

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