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Veterans convicted under gay sex ban pardoned
President Biden is offering pardons to military veterans who were convicted of a crime based on their sexual orientation. Wednesday's move is expected to affect thousands of former service members who were convicted under a former military law that criminalized consensual gay sex. CBS News chief investigative correspondent Jim Axelrod has more.