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Obama: Supporting LGBT Rights Is ‘Profoundly American’ | President Obama raised $1.4 million dollars at an LGBT fundraiser last night. In his remarks, he trumpeted successes such as the repeal of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell and the work of HHS Secretary Kathleen Sibelius in protecting couples’ hospital visitation rights, saying “the work that we’ve done with respect to the LGBT community I think is just profoundly American and is at the heart of who we are.” Obama concluded that the way to make progress is to foster an America “where everybody has a fair shot, everybody is doing their fair share, we’re playing by a fair set of rules, everybody is engaging in fair play.”