U.S.: Diplomats will get benefits for their same-sex partners
- The department will provide these benefits for both opposite-sex and same-sex partners because it is the right thing to do.
- Secretary of State Hilary Clinton • In a memo to her State Department staff on giving equal rights to diplomats with same-sex partners. A senior State Department official confirmed the note but not the timeframe. Either way, Clinton did a nice thing. • source