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Dates: during 2000-2009
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Obama did pledge - as he has before - to end the Pentagon's "Don't ask, don't tell" policy. But once again he said nothing specific about how he plans to do that and didn't acknowledge that he already has the statutory power to instruct the Pentagon that investigating service members' sexuality is not in the best interest of the armed forces. Also, he said that gay relationships can be "just as real and admirable" as straight relationships, but he did not say gay couples should be treated equally. Obama, after all, still opposes equal marriage rights...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Obama's Gay Outreach: All Talk, No Action | 10/11/2009 | See Source »

...privately to the Libyans that they wanted him released," said Conservative Party leader David Cameron, calling for an inquiry into the affair. Brown angrily rejected that interpretation of events: "On our part, there was no conspiracy, no cover-up, no double-dealing, no deal on oil, no attempt to instruct Scottish ministers, no private assurances by me to Colonel Gaddafi." (Watch a TIME video with Gordon Brown...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Documents Reveal British Role in Lockerbie Bomber's Release | 9/2/2009 | See Source »

...moved off-campus to live with my boyfriend, who has an actual kitchen and uses it to make exactly three varieties of salad. When I decided that it was time for us to incorporate heat into our kitchen regimen, my mother saw it as a long-awaited opportunity to instruct me in Chinese cooking...

Author: By Lena Chen | Title: Eating In | 8/10/2009 | See Source »

...don’t have swine flu—knock on wood. Many signs inform me that the buttons of most elevators are disinfected every hour. Or they instruct me on proper “coughing etiquette...

Author: By Vidya B. Viswanathan | Title: Sometimes I Stare, Sometimes I’m Stared At | 7/23/2009 | See Source »

...highway bill pending before Congress would instruct all 50 states to require all motorists convicted of driving under the influence to equip their cars with interlock systems that shut down a vehicle when a measured amount of alcohol is detected. (See the most important cars of all time...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Coming Soon: A Breathalyzer in Every Car? | 7/1/2009 | See Source »

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