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At today's White House news briefing, WND asked presidential press secretary Scott McClellan about a swiftboat veteran who opposed John Kerry and the military's policy on homosexuals.

WND: Steve Gardner, who was one of the two crew members of Lieutenant Kerry's swiftboat who refused repeated requests for him to campaign with Kerry at the Democratic National Convention and elsewhere has been fired from his job after warnings from Kerry allies John Hurley and Douglas Brinkley. My question, the first of two: What will the president do to help this combat veteran who is now broke?

McCLELLAN: I'm not familiar with all the details there, Les. I'll be glad to look into it.

WND: Thank you.

Reuters, on page 1, the Washington Times, reports from Atlanta that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention just reported a new rise in HIV/AIDS and syphilis among homosexual men, who account for a majority of the more than 850,000 who have HIV. And my question, as commander in chief of our armed forces, the president recognizes this as all the more reason to keep active, self-identified homosexual men out of the armed forces, doesn't he?

McCLELLAN: The president supports the current policy at the Department of Defense.

WND: Thank you.