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Security Clearance

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President Clinton issued an executive order establishing the first uniform standards for U.S. agencies in granting security clearances to employees.
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Frank Kameny was denied government security clearances in the 1950s and 1960s.
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Yesterday President Clinton issued an executive order that established the first uniform standards for U.S. agencies in granting security clearances to employees. Among the directives was an order to end the denial of security clearances because an applicant is gay. Daniel talks to Frank Kameny, who was denied government security clearances in the 1950s and 60s and was the first person to fight a discharge from a federal civil service job because of his homosexuality.

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