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Article: Guards Don Gloves As Gay Officials Visit White House; Secret Service Expresses Regret
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- The Washington Post
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- June 15, 1995
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Secret Service Director Eljay B. Bowron said last night that he
regretted that White House guards put on rubber gloves before
admitting 50 gay elected officials to a meeting with senior
administration officials Tuesday.
Describing what he called the "unfortunate actions," Bowron said
"it is not the policy of the Secret Service to wear gloves merely
based on known sexual preference," although officers of the uniformed
branch of the service "have discretion to wear protective gloves in
the performance of their duties."
In a statement issued by the Treasury Department, Bowron said the
Secret Service took "seriously discrimination of any sort" and that
he would "hold a special training session ...