US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton will try to secure increased benefits and rights for gay diplomats and their partners.
Currently, the treatment of gays and their partners attached to the US' diplomatic missions is far worse than the rights afforded to married straight couples.
During her first Q&A meeting with State Department employees since taking up her new position two weeks ago, Clinton vowed she would look for ways to provide "training, benefits and protections" to gay partners who accompany their Foreign Service officer partners to their overseas posts.
Mrs. Clinton warned that there are legal limits to what she can do because gay marriage is not recognized by federal law.
"We are reviewing what would need to be changed -- what we can legally change. A lot of things we cannot legally change by a decision in the State Department," she said. "But let’s see what we can determine is within our realm of responsibility, and we are moving on that expeditiously."
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