Obama inks defense bill with hate crimes provision (AP via Yahoo! News)
On October 28, 2009,
in Barack Obama,
by Federal Voting
Trumpeting a victory against careless spending, President Barack Obama on Wednesday signed a defense bill that kills some costly weapons projects and expands war efforts. In a major civil rights change, the law also makes it a federal hate crime to assault people based on sexual orientation.
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