NATION IN BRIEF : WASHINGTON, D.C. : Mixner Among 28 Arrested at Protest

Twenty-eight demonstrators, including Los Angeles gay activist David Mixner, were arrested after parading outside the White House to protest President Clinton’s compromise policy on gays in the military. The protesters were the target of a counterdemonstration by gays who say that mainstream groups have devoted too much energy to the military issue and not enough to the fight against AIDS. Mixner, a friend of Clinton’s and a fund-raiser during his election campaign, has been on the outs with the White House since he publicly criticized the President for abandoning his campaign promise to fully lift the ban on homosexuals serving in the military.