The Bush Administration will keep an Executive Order issued by President Clinton that prohibits using sexual orientation as a factor in issuing security clearances, the Washington Times reports.
The order applies to all military personnel, and government employees and federal contractors. It reads, “sexual orientation, in and of itself, may not be used as a disqualifying factor in determining a person’s eligibility for security clearance.”
The first Bush Administration did use sexual orientation to deny security clearances.
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