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U.S. discharges hundreds of officers, health care workers under gay policy

WASHINGTON (AP) - Hundreds of officers and health care professionals have been discharged in the past 10 years under the Pentagon's policy on gays, a loss that, while relatively small in numbers, involves troops who are expensive for the military to educate and train.

The 350 or so affected are a tiny fraction of the 1.4 million members of the uniformed services and about 3.5 per cent of the more than 10,000 people discharged under the Don't Ask, Don't Tell policy since its inception in 1994.

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