1.0 link 207116 <![CDATA[Gay US diplomats to receive equal benefits]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/05/23/gay-us-diplomats-to-recei_n_207116.html WASHINGTON &mdash; Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton will soon announce that gay American diplomats will be given benefits similar to those that their heterosexual counterparts enjoy, U.S. officials said Saturday.

In a notice to be sent soon to State Department employees, Clinton says regulations that denied same-sex couples and their families the same rights and privileges that straight diplomats enjoyed are "unfair and must end," as they harm U.S. diplomacy.

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