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U.S. to Use Foreign Aid to Promote Gay Rights Abroad
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Contributor | Homegrown Democrat |
Last Edited | Homegrown Democrat Dec 06, 2011 01:12pm |
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Category | News |
Author | HELENE COOPER and BRIAN KNOWLTON |
Media | Newspaper - New York Times |
News Date | Tuesday, December 6, 2011 06:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
Description | WASHINGTON — The United States will begin using American foreign aid to promote gay rights abroad, Obama administration officials said on Tuesday.
President Barack Obama issued a memorandum directing American agencies to look for ways to combat efforts by foreign governments to criminalize homosexuality.
The new initiative holds the potential to irritate relations with some close American allies that ban homosexuality, including Saudi Arabia. |
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