It is not Secretary Clinton's credibility on social issues that many Democrats

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97. What does she have to apologize for?

As Senator:

• Co-sponsoring ENDA?
• Supporting legislation that would increase America's commitment to fighting HIV/AIDS globally?
• Voting twice against a constitutional ban on same-sex marriage?
• Voting to add sexual orientation to the definition of hate crimes?

As Sec. of State:

• Sec. Clinton made LGBT rights a part of U.S. foreign policy: Sec. Clinton promoted equality for LGBT people as a core value within U.S. foreign policy. She also secured a policy change for foreign aid appropriation that would take into account a country’s record on LGBT rights.
• Directed the State Department to champion a comprehensive human rights agenda that included protection of LGBT human rights: Sec. Clinton directed the State Department to champion a comprehensive human rights agenda that included protecting the human rights of LGBT people. This allowed the State Department to use its full range of diplomatic and development tools to press for the elimination of violence and discrimination against LGBT people worldwide.
• Led the U.S. efforts with other countries to pass the first ever UN resolution on the human rights of the LGBT community: Sec. Clinton said “Today, The UN Human Rights Council adopted the first ever UN resolution on the human rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender persons. This represents a historic moment to highlight the human rights abuses and violations that lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people face around the world based solely on who they are and whom they love.”
• Included LGBT people in the State Department’s Status of Human Rights: The State Department released the 2011 Human Rights report which provided a fully comprehensive look at discrimination and human rights abuses that LGBT people face within every country across the globe. This landmark report is evidence that LGBT communities are in dire need of human rights protections.
• Forcefully condemned LGBT harassment in Uganda and throughout the rest of the world:The U.S. advocated against Uganda’s proposed Anti-Homosexuality bill, which established a precedent for the US to counter efforts to criminalize LGBT people globally.
• Instituted policies within the State Department which directly impacted the LGBT community: Through a variety of policy initiatives Sec. Clinton helped strengthen the State Department’s LGBT policies by adding gender identity to the department’s employment opportunity statement, instituting new regulations on changing gender markers on the passports of transgender Americans, extending domestic partner benefits, and allowing same-sex couples to obtain passports, to name just a few changes.
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As First Lady (and Senator):
• Publicly supporting DOMA until 2007?