But Condi ..

As if the State Department needed more bad publicity (Iran ... Iraq ... the "gaudy, empty show" that was the Annapolis Peace Conference), now a former ambassador to Romania, Michael Guest, has resigned in protest over the agency's unequal treatment of same-sex partners.

From the WaPo:

For instance, same-sex partners -- or unmarried heterosexual partners -- are refused anti-terrorism security training or foreign-language training and are not evacuated when eligible family members are ordered to depart. Unlike spouses, they do not receive diplomatic passports, visas or even use of the State Department mail system. They also must pay their own way overseas, get their own medical care and are left to fend for themselves if a partner is sent to a dangerous post such as Iraq

Guest reportedly talked about the unfair treatment during his goodbye ceremony, a few steps from Condi's office.