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Please send to: Tony Leopold Bain & Company 5215 North O'Conner, Suite 500 Irving, Texas 75039 * www.bain.com Please pre-select through the Career Center office ALL MAJORS WELCOME Page 6A NATION Moiulay. September 18,2! 1000 THE BATTALION Army recommends honorable discharge for gay politician Hr LOS ALAMITOS, Calif. (AP) — Army officials on Sunday recommended an honorable discharge for Re serve Lt. Steve May, an openly gay Arizona lawmaker who the Army said violated its “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy by acknowledging his sexuality during a leg islative debate. Officials would not disclose why a panel of three Army colonels recommended an honorable discharge after the Army had pursued a less- than-honorable, general discharge. Honorable discharges are typical for soldiers forced to leave the military because of sexual orientation. “We presented the position that we thought was justified in this case,” said Maj. Mark Johnson, who argued the military’s case. May’s attorney Christopher Wolf said the investigation was a personal attack on the legislator’s integrity. May’s record is unblemished and he has been rated an exceptional officer. “We believe the board ignored the facts and ignored the law,” Wolf said. May said he still considers himself a member of the reserves. “fm still in,” he said Sunday. “I’ll until the appeals process is exhausted.” Monday, Septemb 25t dra The Army is kicking out a high ly qualified and valued officer to day. The loss is to the Army and the American people.” — Stacey Sobel legal director of the Service Mem bers Legal Defense Network continue to serve months. May will continue to serve two days amontli in the reserves. The Army could have allowed May to remain in the reserves under a Defense Department provision by de claring doing so would be for the good of the militan Wolf said. The three colonels hearing the case at the Arm base in this Orange County suburb south ot Los Angele> rejected that argument Sunday. The board's decision shows “l the policy does not work," saii Stacey Sobel, legal director of the Servicemembers Legal Defense Net work, a non-profit organization helps military members facingdit charge because of their sexual oriei tation. "The Army is kicking out a highl; qualified and valued officer today.Tie loss is to the Army and the Amend p a t ;l s a mar people,” Sobel said. “This sendstht longs to retire wrong message to the public ab® how the Army values the contribute of its people.” The Army began investigatir May after he acknowledged hisk mosexuality in the Statehouse durr a February 1999 hearing on a billtk would have prohibited government benefits forempk The discharge recommendation will be reviewed by an appointing authority, typically an Army general, and then be sent to Army personnel authorities, officials said. Until that review is completed, likely within three ees’ gay partners. May had been open about his sextii ty since his first campaign for elected office in 1996. May made the public remarks after he was honoraf discharged in 1995 and before he was recalled to act': duty in the Army Reserve during the Kosovo crisis Some states neglect TORONTC days and more world's ultima tival, the pi Crouching Tig Lee’s historic; named the win pie’s Choice / International 1 Lee is a n known for si movies as Thi and Sensibili however, is st nasty in Chin; "There’s magic of mov said festival d “It takes you 1 days, when pe and have swoi The Dish, about the 19( ished second a Previous wii American Be; Beautiful. This was tl tival, which e News in Brief checking fraud list Tropical storm loses strength WASHINGTON (AP) — More than half the states hire contractors without regular reviews to determine whether the companies are barred from doing business with the federal gov ernment for fraud or other violations, an Associated Press review found. The federal government main tains an Internet-accessible list of companies it will not hire. Fourteen states said their contracting offices ’’ do not check the list, 20 other states check only occasionally, and about half a dozen instituted checks as a result of the AP inquiry. A review of state procurement records in all 50 states found several states that fail to consult the federal list have repeatedly hired contractors that have had run-ins with the government. In Vermont, two dozen contractors forbidden from working for the fed eral government have done business with the state, including Earth Waste Systems of Pittsford, Vt., banned from federal contracts in 1998. The company, which recycles metals and dismantles buildings, emerged from bankruptcy in 1999 and has a contract from the Vermont National Guard for demolition work. Vermont maintains no central list of its own and believes that problems with barred contractors are not wide spread enough to merit one, said Tom Pelham. Vermont’s finance commis sioner until he left in July. “Vermont's a small state,” Pelham said. “We do have a good competitive bidding process.” Steve Medlin, an accountant for Earth Waste, said he was unaware that his company had been on the federal list. Seri Alb; Failing to check the list More than 30 states do not routinely check a federal list of contractors banned from doing business with the federal government before awarding contracts. As a result, many state agencies to business with companies that have a record of fraud, mismanagement or abuse. Here’s a look at the states. CEDAR KEY, Fla. (AP)—Tro; ical Storm Gordon lost son* strength as it charged towar Florida's .Gulf Coast on Sunda with winds just below hurrican- strength, drenching rain and storm surge threatening ' reach 10 feet. Gordon's top sustained wind: fell from 75 mph early Sunday about 70 mph by afternoon,jut below the 74 mph threshold ft a hu/ricane. 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