365Gay.com points out that as Bush calls Marines back to active duty — that’s got to be tough news to get — the number of troops discharged for being gay is increasing. Apparently, two a day are now being kicked out, for a total of 11,000 since the policy went into effect in 1993. “According to the GAO more than 800 of those had skills deemed ‘critical’ by the Department of Defense, including linguistic training, medical skills and expertise in combat engineering,” says 365gay.

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