Obama Condemns Military ‘Conscience Clause’ As He Signs Defense Budget

Obama Condemns Military ‘Conscience Clause’ As He Signs Defense Budget: pPresident Obama has signed the National Defense Authorization Act, but he issued several signing statements qualifying his measured support of its various provisions. In particular, he condemned the “conscience clause” included in the conference version of the bill, a watered-down version of the “license to discriminate” proposed by Rep. Todd Akin (R-MO) last year. President [...]/p