Hillary Clinton says she will review LGBT policies of the State Dept...

Senator Hillary Clinton said Tuesday during her confirmation hearing for Secretary of State that she intended to review the department's policy of not extending benefits to partners of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender foreign service officers, according to Advocate.com.

But the former First Lady and presidential hopeful stopped short of giving a specific commitment to make partner benefits available. She said she needed more information on the existing policies.

Here's what the Advocate reports: beyond being deprived of health care benefits, same-sex partners of foreign service personnel are currently unable to access other services available to heterosexual spouses, such as subsidized relocation, language training, employment opportunities, on-site medical treatment, and evacuation aid in emergency situations.

"This issue was brought to my attention during the transition," Clinton said. "I've asked to have more briefing on it because I think that we should take a hard look at the existing policy. As I understand it, but don't hold me to it because I don't have the full briefing material, but my understanding is other nations have moved to extend that partnership benefit. And we will come back to you to inform you of decisions we make going forward."