Woman in charge of ousting a lesbian from Army was closeted.

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Barbara Brass (left) and Col. Patsy Thompson (right) at High Hard Nursery. (Photo: courtesy of Cindy L. Abel)

In 1989, U.S. Army Colonel Margarethe (Grethe) Cammermeyer was undergoing a routine security clearance interview when she said four simple words.

“I am a lesbian.”

At the time, she was a highly decorated nurse and war hero on track to becoming…