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Obama picks openly gay lawyer for ambassadorship

Posted on October 9, 2009 
Filed Under 365Gay, News

(Washington) President Barack Obama said Wednesday he planned to nominate an openly gay lawyer as the U.S. ambassador to New Zealand and Samoa. If confirmed by the Senate, David Huebner would become the third openly gay ambassador in U.S. history and the first pick by this administration. In a statement …

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