02/12/2013
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"Under current law, the Federal Government cannot offer basic benefits like health insurance, life insurance, dental or vision insurance to domestic partners of our gay and lesbian Federal employees."
"The Federal Government simply does not effectively compete with these companies for every talented person; we fail to offer comparable job benefits to our employees."
"I would associate myself with the comments of Director Berry with regard to this point."
"Simply put, extending benefits to same-sex partners is a good, practical, bottom-line business decision."