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RUMSFELD'S GAY ADVISER Gay activist Stephen Herbits, who worked temporarily at the Pentagon on two occasions in 2001 and 2002, has settled in as a special adviser to Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld. Herbits now has his name on the door and has been assigned a Pentagon e-mail address. A longtime friend and ally of Rumsfeld, he is clearing all major personnel choices in the Defense Department. In 2000, former Seagrams executive Herbits contributed $17,000 to Democratic causes, including $13,000 to the Democratic National Committee and $1,000 to the Gore-Lieberman Recount Fund. Federal records show no 2000 political contributions by Herbits...

Prominent homosexual rights activist Stephen Herbits, who, according to the national homosexual magazine Advocate, has contributed $17,000 to Democratic candidates, is back at work screening political appointees to President Bush’s Pentagon. Herbits also screened Defense Department personnel early in the Bush Administration. In response to a query from HUMAN EVENTS, Cmdr. Donald Sewell of the Pentagon public affairs office e-mailed this statement on July 10: "Mr. Herbits is an intermittent consultant to the Department of Defense assisting the Office of the Secretary on organizational and personnel matters. He served as Secretary [Donald] Rumsfeld’s special assistant during his first tour at...