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Why are US attorneys-general flying white flags?

Michael Cook | 23 February 2012
I would appreciate it if someone could explain to me why elected officials in the US refusing to defend the laws they have sworn to protect. Last week the Obama administration announced that it will not support the constitutionality of statutes blocking same-sex military spouses from receiving marriage benefits such as rights to visitation in military hospitals, survivor benefits, and burial together in military cemeteries.
  
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