A PATRIOT OUTED
Even his personal meeting with the commander in chief last month probably won't save his job as an assistant director of operations for the 366th Operations Support Squadron at Mountain Home Air Force Base in Idaho. But it has left him hopeful: "President Obama looks you straight in the eye. I have full faith this is a priority to him and very personal to him. He has experienced discrimination in his own life."
 The 39-year-old Fehrenbach traveled to the White House June 29 to urge Obama to fulfill his campaign promise to end the policy  which has cost the U.S. military more than 13 000 personnel. "We've lost Arabic translators " lamented Fehrenbach  who was outed by a civilian acquaintance.
 Fehrenbach spent several minutes conversing with Obama during ceremonies commemorating the 40th anniversary of the Stonewall protests in New York.
 Many have criticized Obama for being slow to fulfill his pledge to end the policy. "Delay isn't acceptable  but I do understand it " Fehrenbach said.
 "He has a lot of big things on his plate."
 He also points to President Harry Truman's successful integration of the military  which was accomplished gradually: "There are a lot of parallels. I've read every argument in favor of the policy of segregation  and often it was the exact same words. The arguments were even harsher. There were outright racist claims  senators who said that African-Americans were not mentally capable of serving."
Even his personal meeting with the commander in chief last month probably won't save his job as an assistant director of operations for the 366th Operations Support Squadron at Mountain Home Air Force Base in Idaho. But it has left him hopeful: "[TGT] looks you straight in the eye. I have full faith this is a priority to [TGT] and very personal to [TGT]. [TGT] has experienced discrimination in [TGT] own life."
 The 39-year-old Fehrenbach traveled to the White House June 29 to urge [TGT] to fulfill [TGT] campaign promise to end the policy  which has cost the U.S. military more than 13 000 personnel. "We've lost Arabic translators " lamented Fehrenbach  who was outed by a civilian acquaintance.
 Fehrenbach spent several minutes conversing with [TGT] during ceremonies commemorating the 40th anniversary of the Stonewall protests in New York.
 Many have criticized [TGT] for being slow to fulfill [TGT] pledge to end the policy. "Delay isn't acceptable  but I do understand it " Fehrenbach said.
 "He has a lot of big things on his plate."
 He also points to President Harry Truman's successful integration of the military  which was accomplished gradually: "There are a lot of parallels. I've read every argument in favor of the policy of segregation  and often it was the exact same words. The arguments were even harsher. There were outright racist claims  senators who said that African-Americans were not mentally capable of serving."