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DATE: TUESDAY, September 28, 1993                   TAG: 9309280122
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL                    PAGE: A-6   EDITION: STATE 
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DATELINE: WASHINGTON                                LENGTH: Short

GAY SAILOR ASKS JUDGE TO KEEP HIM IN NAVY

With only three days left before President Clinton's new policy on homosexuals in the military takes effect, a gay lieutenant asked a federal judge Monday to stop his imminent separation from the Navy.

"A man is about to lose his career," said the lawyer for Lt. (j.g.) Richard Dirk Selland, a Norfolk, Va., sailor who is scheduled to be placed on inactive reserve Sept. 30.

The action would stop his pay and benefits and, he contends, effectively end his Navy career. - Associated Press 


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