President Obama receives his daily briefing from Susan Rice, his national security advisor, on Aug. 12 in Chilmark, Mass. (White House Photo by Pete Souza via Flickr)
Rice Sets Aside Global Crises, Insists U.S. Must Be Global Leader In Promoting Gay Rights -- Washington Times
White House national security adviser Susan E. Rice took time away from a variety of global security emergencies Tuesday to promote international gay rights, calling it “among the most challenging human rights issues we face.”
The president’s top national security aide told about 200 gay-rights activists that the Obama administration is fostering gay rights in the U.S. to serve as an example for the rest of the world. She said President Obama has ordered a diplomatic and financial effort to promote the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender men and women around the world.
“Protecting and upholding human rights, especially for our lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender brothers and sisters, is work to which we are all called,” Ms. Rice said. “America’s support for LGBT rights is not just a national cause but it’s also a global enterprise.”
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Update: Remarks by National Security Advisor Susan E. Rice at the White House Forum on Global LGBT Human Rights -- White House
My Comment: Promoting "international gay rights" is a U.S. national security concern?!?!? I must be living in a very different world.
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sometimes this does seem like the twilight zone
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