Kerry Falls Short in Goals for 'Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Ambassadors'
10:44 AM, Jan 04, 2017 | By Jeryl Bier
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President Barack Obama's administration has indisputably done more to advance the LGBT agenda than any prior administration. Ending Don't Ask-Don't Tell for the military, vigorous support of gay marriage, and bathroom choice for the transgendered are only a few of the boxes checked off the LGBT wish list. At the State Department, however, Obama's secretary of state John Kerry did fall short of his goals for the L, B and T members of the community.
In June 2014, less than halfway through President Obama's second term, Kerry gave a speech touting the administration's LGBT accomplishments to date. As THE WEEKLY STANDARD reported at the time, Kerry told his audience that Ted Osius (nominated for a post in Vietnam) would be the sixth openly gay U.S. ambassador currently in service if confirmed (which he was in November 2014):
http://www.weeklystandard.com/kerry-falls-short-in-goals-for-lesbian-bisexual-and-transgender-ambassadors/article/2006125
