Byline: W. DALE NELSON Associated Press
Congressional leaders urged President-elect Bill Clinton Sunday to go slow on overturning the military's ban on homosexuals, arguing that sudden action would create a furor in Congress and could endanger lives in the armed forces.
"He ought to put it on the back burner," Senate Republican leader Bob Dole of Kansas said on NBC- TV's "Meet the Press."
"I can't give him any advice except to go slow," Dole said. "There are other things you can do by executive order that wouldn't blow the lid off the Capitol. I think this one might come close."
Sen. Sam Nunn, D-Ga., chairman of the Senate Armed Services …
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