Obama Transition Donors List Includes Gay Activist Stephen Herbits

The Obama Transition Team has followed through on an election promise to disclose the names of private donors who are helping fund the transition effort. Included on the list is Stephen Herbits, an openly gay aide to former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfield and an outspoken critic of the military’s Don’t Ask-Don’t Tell policy. During the Democratic primary, Herbits served as Hillary Clinton‘s liason to the gay and lesbian community.  [Politico]