You are the manager of staffing for your organization (or for a former employer), and are responsible for ensuring that your talent management systems are both legal and ethical. You just received a formal complaint from the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission stating that a qualified applicant who had applied for a position with the company but was not hired alleges discrimination. The complainant is an African American lesbian woman, age 55, who served in Desert Storm and also served in Iraq and Afghanistan from 1990 to 1995 and received the Purple Heart for losing a leg. You are a governmental contractor. Please describe, in detail, the legal issues that you must address in your response to the EEOC to defend your company in this claim.