Sec Leon Panetta followed up today with yet another step towards equal treatment in the military.
The full memo is available through the link to this article...
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
By Joseph Straw /
Monday, February 11, 2013, 7:42 PM
New benefits for soldiers' same sex partners: Pentagon
The order provides perks like subsidized base shopping and dining
but also includes key family benefits like child care and leave when
a partner is ill or dies.
Quote:
WASHINGTON — Soldiers’ same-sex partners will gain benefits ranging
from use of the PX to emergency leave under a Pentagon order issued Monday.
The government is set to offer full coverage should the Supreme Court allow it.
The order provides perks like subsidized base shopping and dining
but also includes key family benefits like child care and leave when a partner is ill or dies.
In a memo, outgoing Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said he went as far as he could
under the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act, which bars Uncle Sam from honoring gay marriage.
The high court is considering DOMA’s legality.
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Here is just one paragraph from his memo today: