[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 29, Number 4 (Monday, February 1, 1993)]
[Page 98]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Statement by the Director of Communications on the President's Meeting 
With the Joint Chiefs of Staff

 January 25, 1993

    The President and the Joint Chiefs of Staff had a cordial, honest, 
and respectful meeting. They covered a range of issues but focused 
primarily on gays in the military.
    The President reiterated his commitment to ending discrimination 
against homosexuals in the military solely on the basis of status and to 
maintaining morale and cohesion in the military.
    The Joint Chiefs of Staff expressed their concerns and difficulties 
with the President's commitment but also expressed their respect for his 
decisionmaking power as Commander in Chief.