1.   Critics of the discharge provision argue that it is discriminatory.

2.   Efforts to repeal the discharge provision have broad bipartisan support in the Senate but face an uphill struggle in the House.

3.   In addition, aides said he would campaign for a bipartisan Senate bill that would repeal the discharge provision.

4.   White House officials met for two hours today with Pentagon and Veterans Affairs officials to discuss administrative, legislative and legal remedies to the discharge provision.

5.   White House lawyers said the discharge provision was unconstitutional and would almost immediately draw a court challenge from advocacy groups.