Some benefits extended to same-sex partners.

The article focuses on a statement issued on June 2, 2010 by U.S. President Barack Obama requesting Congress to pass the Domestic Partnership Benefits and Obligation Act, which would make same-sex domestic partners of gay and lesbian federal employees and their children eligible for the same benefits that married heterosexual employees' families are receiving. It notes the exclusion of health insurance and survivor annuities from the act. It also mentions that about 34,000 gay and lesbian employees in domestic partnerships are working for the government.