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                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: WEDNESDAY, February 3, 1993                   TAG: 9302030137
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL                    PAGE: A-8   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: Associated Press
DATELINE: WASHINGTON                                LENGTH: Short

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OPENLY GAY WOMAN GIVEN HOUSING POST

President Clinton named a lesbian San Francisco official to a key federal housing post Tuesday, making good on a campaign pledge to avoid discrimination against homosexuals in his administration.

Roberta Achtenberg, a member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, would be the highest-ranking openly gay official in the history of the executive branch, if confirmed as an assistant secretary for fair housing and equal opportunity in the Department of Housing and Urban Development.

Also Tuesday, Clinton named Andrew Cuomo, son of New York Gov. Mario Cuomo, assistant secretary for community planning and development.

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