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Matt Bomer wants the world to know he's gay. The 'White Collar' actor made the announcement at a humanitarian awards event in California over the weekend.
Matt Bomer, 34, is a rainbow man and proud of it. The private actor proudly came out after receiving an award for his activism against HIV/AIDS at the Steve Chase Humanitarian Awards on Feb. 11, reports the Daily Mail.
In his acceptance speech, he thanked his partner, Hollywood publicist Simon Halls, and their three children.
"I'd really especially like to thank my beautiful family: Simon, Kit, Walker, Henry," he said. "Thank you for teaching me what unconditional love is. You will always be my proudest accomplishment."
Matt's announcement came as a surprise since he's been rather evasive about his personal life. When asked about his sexuality in a 2010 Details interview, he said: "I don't care about [rumours] at all. I'm completely happy and fulfilled in my personal life."
We guess he might as well come out publicly, especially now that he's co-starring with Channing Tatum in the upcoming Steven Soderbergh male-stripper movie, Magic Mike.
For gay men everywhere, his six-pack would be pretty magical eye candy. Yummay!
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Cyn, why do people like you always resort to such hyperbole.Clearly by your poor spelling (ofigjt ?) , you are uneducated, but that's ok. Leave it to the gays who have produced some of the world's greatest thinkers, artists, authors, educators, athletes etc. We will rule the world!!!
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I am glad they are coming out,so I can get away from them.Maybe we should lock them up and treat them for their mental illness or we could tar and feather them,castrate,just as this contry has done to millions. Why change now and encourage sexual perversity, when mauling,maming and enslaviimg is your nature.Why is this country and others embracing petversjon,deviancy. …..when race,cree d,color, culture
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For Rodger. There may well be no heaven. Did you ever talk to anyone there. But there are homosexuals who, throughout history, have contributed more to your insignificant life than a continent of hate mongering bible thumpers. Get a life! Try seeing the good in people instead of crawling out of some hole to preach hate of a group born that way.
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Matt is great eye candy for all of us, gay, straight, male or female. I am looking forward to this season of White Collar. I wish him and his family well and good for him in coming out. If that helps even one person to come out and be comfortable with themself, then he did good.
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Trying to read your illiterate comment. Was there a sale on commas at KMart? I am sure if they thought it was wrong, they would immediatly change themselves back to straight.
20 states allow first cousins to marry (corrupting the gene pool and breeding idiot children) and only a quarter of that allow gay couples to marry. I guess your parents lived in one of the former states.
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The bible was written by middle eastern men over 2000 years ago. The bible was written by men (not God) to give us their interpretation of Jesus' teachings. These are the same men who do not believe women are their equals. These are the same men who asked everyone who walked with Jesus, to write down the teachings they learned, like Mary Magdalene. Her scriptures were never added because her scriptures revealed things that she & Jesus discussed. Her scriptures were not added because they (men 2000 years ago) believed that Jesus would not reveal to a woman what he didn't reveal to them. Don't for one second believe that these mens bigotry didn't play a factor in what THEY interpreted from Jesus' teaching that ultimately became a part of the bible. The bible that you are now using to defend you bigotted views. If we were never meant to exsist, then why do we? Doesn't the bible say God is perfect? God IS perfect and he did not make mistakes when he made us. *** Were Here Were Queer Get Use To It!!! ***
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Before you try to attempt to think through complex thought processes, go back to basic grammar school and pick up a child development book along the way. This may help your clouded thinking, but it will certainly help your spelling, hence interpretation of "except" and all the other gibberish that comes flying out of your trap.
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Once again, another wildly developed brain process going on here, Sherlock. Where do we begin, Warren? Oh well, never mind. Just keep digging that grave of yours. Not even Einstein could convince all the morons and I'm sure he wouldn't spend longer than I have on you. Let's see…. Why would someone be proud to be black in America? Are they also a bunch of drug addicts? You are laughable and brainless. A twofer!
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I don't know what you meant by that question, but, I am proud to be BLACK. Although, being black, has it's setbacks, and I won't go into detail, but I know you know some of them. But for you to say that just lets me know that you are just as ignorant as that sentence you typed. However many struggles one faces in their own race, should not hinder the fact that they should be proud of who they are and where they came from. Are you not proud of your race? Whatever it may be?
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I think you misread her comment. She is simply restating his comment of comparing homosexuality to being a drug addict. EXCEPT,(just for you carmen) she used being black to show just how rediculous warren's comment was. A person should be proud to be whatever they are, whoever they are, no matter where they live. Because obviously, God wanted them to be that way:)
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I am proud of what Matt did , and I wish everyone that is gay, straight or bisexual would just come out and say so openly for the world to know, be true to yourself. Let no man judge you, God is the only judge, he who is without sin ,cast the first stone, it is high time we mind our own business and let people live their lives the way they want.
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i pity those kids who will be brought in those homes because it is not right and it will never be right thats why they keep fighting for their rights and most of them are on drugs why because they know what they are doing is wrong and it will never change whether it is accepted in their states it will never be right are not before God and man. Do not bring about judging each other because there is court to take thieves why dont you say even thieves are not supposed to be judge to wait for God to judge them.
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Sophie, I don't think you even know what the topic is any longer. Betty Ford is just around the corner and I hear there is a tremendous success rate. It sounds like your stats. might need a little polishing and adjusting if you are to enter the market again as a statistition. Get off the gear and emerge a human being while there is still time and hope left.
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The Wude (Mandarin Chinese: 武德 wǔdé) are four aspects that any Martial Artist of true virtue should know. In order for Ryo to meet with Lishao Tao he must learn the four Wude. It is said that those without the Wude often stray from the right path and are hated by others, sometimes killed. Xiuying comments when she first meets Ryo that he only posses Gon and Dan.
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UPDATE: Longview officer terminated on anniversary of on-duty wreck with drunk driver
Longview, Tx — UPDATE (2:45pm): The Longview Police officer who was critically injured in a wreck involving a drunk driver last year, has been terminated in accordance with city policy.
Officer Leigh Ann Snyder met with the Longview Police Chief Tuesday afternoon, and the City went ahead with the separation.
Prior to 2007, city policy only allowed employees to be off duty for 6 months before being "separated" from employment.
From 2003 to 2007, three employees were terminated as a result of that policy.
However, in 2007, the city changed their policy to allow employees to remain off duty for 12 months before being terminated.
A City of Longview spokesman tells KETK, officer Snyder is the fifth employee, and only police officer, to be terminated since the 2007 policy change.
KETK has attached a copy of the City of Longview termination policy to the bottom of this story.
ORIGINAL STORY (10:53am): A year ago to the day, Longview Police Officer Leigh Ann Snyder was critically injured after her vehicle was hit by an uninsured drunk driver on the job.
Earlier this week, a law enforcement organization representing Snyder emailed a release to KETK, outraged with the possible termination of Snyder on December 11, 2012.
Since then, East Texans have voiced their concerns and now, the Longview mayor has responded. He released the following statement that was printed in the Longview News-Journal.
Providing for Injured Employees
Over the last week, I have heard from several citizens that are concerned about the well-being of Longview Police Officer Leigh Ann Snyder. As you may know, Officer Snyder was hit by an uninsured drunk driver while she was responding to a call one year ago. Let me say that I share in your concern and wish for her successful recovery.
You never want someone to be injured, whether on or off the job. Unfortunately, sometimes terrible accidents occur. When those accidents occur, I believe it is important for an organization to have a safety net in place to care for employees that have been injured. I also believe it is important to have a consistently-applied policy to address situations when they arise. We have both.
When an employee is injured on the job, the City of Longview takes great steps to provide a safety net to care for the needs of the employee. The City of Longview's Workers Compensation coverage provides for the full medical costs associated with the accident and will continue to do so for the life of the employee. Our Worker's Compensation coverage also assists with related costs such as child care coverage or modifications to a home to allow for handicap access.
The City of Longview's coverage also gives injured employees a "Temporary Income Benefit" that provides the injured party with 70% of their gross pay, untaxed, for up to 2 years.
When the Temporary Income Benefit is no longer available, the City of Longview has a long-term disability policy that provides up to 60% of original income. This disability policy is at no cost to the employee. An injured employee also may access their retirement benefits, even if the employee was otherwise not yet eligible for retirement.
City of Longview policy states that employees are separated from employment if they are unable to fulfill their full job capacity for 12 months within a 24 month period. This policy is in line with or better than many cities across Texas. In fact, our research shows that many cities' policies range from 3 months to 12 months. Many of our employees, whether public safety or public works or any department, face risks in their job duties. The purpose of the policy is to provide a neutral, consistent basis for addressing cases when employees cannot work in their full capacity, regardless of the reason.
It is also very important to note that injured employees are eligible for rehire when they have been medically cleared for full duty. In the case of the Longview Police Department, they are always in need of qualified, experienced candidates.
I realize that these safety net benefits do not erase the original harm of an accident, but they do play an important role in caring for an injured employee and building a bridge as they seek to return to full employment. The City Council spent several years reviewing all aspects of employee pay and benefits to ensure that we are able to recruit and retain a quality workforce to serve the citizens of Longview. I have been impressed by the public compassion and concern for Ms. Snyder through fundraising efforts. I encourage residents to continue to keep her in your thoughts and prayers.
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The campaigns of Democratic Sen. Barack Obama and Republican Sen. John McCain have failed to adequately address the global food crisis, the increasing role of the U.S. Defense Department in humanitarian work, the refocusing of U.S. foreign assistance, and how the government should help the poor adapt to climate change, said Bill O'Keefe, senior director for the advocacy department of the Baltimore-based CRS.
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"This topic is timely considering that this Friday night (Sept. 26) the candidates will be debating foreign policy," O'Keefe said. "These are critical issues that are crying out for attention."
Both campaigns are currently focused on the domestic economic crisis and the Bush administration's proposed bailout of U.S. financial institutions, which could cost taxpayers $700 billion or more if it's approved by Congress.
With approximately $38 billion currently being spent on foreign aid -- which includes costs for foreign embassies and diplomatic missions -- both men argued that money spent to address global poverty is a minimal expense in the federal budget compared to the proposed bailout of U.S. financial institutions.
"There is no doubt the next administration and Congress has tough financial problems they will have to deal with," O'Keefe said. "But there is a missed opportunity by the candidates to demonstrate their own leadership (on these matters) and to prove to the voters they can think comprehensively and broadly about comprehensive issues. The person who can demonstrate they can do that is more likely to win the election."
If the U.S. government would invest in a solution to poverty in foreign countries, those nations would become better trade partners, Colecchi said.
Nations with fewer poverty issues also tend to be more peaceful countries and more peace in the world would reduce "the amount that we have to spend on defense," he said.
The USCCB and CRS representatives used the Sept. 23 press conference as a way of reaching out to the candidates to urge them to address these issues in their campaigns.
The USCCB also has submitted its November 2007 "Faithful Citizenship" statement -- which address these and other moral issues -- to both campaigns and has sought a meeting with each candidate to discuss the topics face to face, Colecchi said.
O'Keefe also urged Catholics to bring up these issues with the candidates at campaign events and write letters to the editors at a variety of publications as a way of gaining support for moral concerns.
Ultimately, Catholics have the power to vote for the candidate they believe has best addressed these moral issues of conscience, he said.
Colecchi said the U.S. Catholic bishops are calling for a new style of politics that focuses "more on the pursuit of the common good than on the demands of narrow special interests."
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22 Xanthoudidou Street
Rethymnon , Crete
Greece 74100
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This restaurant in the courtyard garden of a restored Venetian mansion, now a hotel, has a 500-year-old wine cellar housing 460 labels, and is a must-dine experience for the ambience alone. The food is worthy of the setting, with authentic Cretan dishes prepared with local ingredients. The mountain goat with thyme and honey, for instance, is a popular variation on a dish owner Katerina Xekalou's mother used to make. Authentic Cretan does not necessarily come cheap, though, so be prepared to spend your euros as if they were some lesser currency, such as dollars.
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Greece 71202
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Elounda , Crete
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Except for its name, which comes from the 1977 BBC television series, Who Pays the Ferryman?, in which it played a role, Ferryman is what most visitors imagine a Greek taverna to be. Perhaps the best of a string of similar open-air restaurants along the Elounda waterfront, it offers up the expected dishestzatziki, Greek salad, calamari, grilled lambwith the expected animated solicitude of your waiter, who'll top off your glass with the house white and lie about the excellent pronunciation of your Greek.
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Chania , Crete
Tel: 30 28210 64215
Talk about having a history! This venerable eatery, in the same family since 1922, is where Anthony Quinn learned the sirtaki, the dance that produced one of the most memorable scenes in the 1964 film Zorba the Greek. And the food, said to be good in Quinn's day, remains so. Chef George Leontaras's menu selections range across the Mediterranean and beyond, but most interesting are the traditional Cretan dishes, such as snails in tomato sauce, or phyllo pockets stuffed with fennel and wild greens. Nykterida is in Korakies, a few miles outside of Chania, but nobody seems to mind the drive, especially because the view from the dining room, overlooking Souda Bay, is so romantic at night that you just want to get up and dance the sirtaki.
Opens Mondays through Saturdays at 6 pm.
Agios Titos Square
Iraklio , Crete
Tel: 30 2810 346 028
Breakfast place in the morning and jazz club late at night, with lunch and dinner served in between, this former ice factory is one of the hippest gathering places in town, and one of the most oddly decorated. For one thing, there's graffiti on the wall that was written by Nazis when they occupied Iraklio during World War II. It reads, "God save us from storm and wind and slow workmates." For another thing, the bathroom, which has a fountain in the middle of it, looks like the work of ceramic artists gone wild. None of this is surprising, considering that the owner is an artist herself. If you are just here to nibble, as many are, try the galatopita, or milk pie.
Open daily 9 am to 1 pm.
49 Zambeliou
Chania , Crete
Greece 73132
Tel: 30 28210 96080
Plenty of restaurants in Chania will take you to the cleaners, but in only one, Tamam, can you eat, quite reasonably, in what was once a Turkish bathhouse. The menu is eclectic Mediterranean, but a favorite dish is the Meat Pie Tamam, a mix of chopped lamb, cheese, and spices, cinnamon and spearmint notable among them, baked in a thin crust of the handmade phyllo dough for which Crete is known. Perhaps reminiscent of its origins, Tamam's interior can get steamy on the hottest of summer days, so on those occasions opt for one of the few outside tables, against the stone wall bordering Zambeliou, a narrow, busy alleyway where you must be prepared to protect your wine bottle from the extended elbows of pedestrians.
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On this page >> Write-up Results General Classification Photos Stage 4 -Gebhard wins stage 4 Papendrecht 116.0km Elke Gebhart (Argos-Shimano) won her first major race of the season, after she chased the attach from Vera Koedooder (Sengers Ladies) after 6 km. Emilie Moberg (Hitec) won the bunch sprint for third. As soon as Koedooder attacked, Gebhard was on her wheel and they created a gap quickly. Although they were both strong and working well together the bunch came back to just 10 seconds, but then gave up and Koedooder and Gebhard moved away again. In the finale Gebhard was the fastest and took the win. Comments Elke Gebhart (Argos-Shimano) was very happy with her first win of the season, "I can't describe the feeling after winning today, I am so happy," said Elke. "It was a long and hard day and I was in the break after kilometre six with a group, before Vera attacked and I joined her. We worked very well together and managed to stay away. In the final she attacked a couple of times but she couldn't drop me. I took the final corner first and gave it all to the finish line and she was never able to overtake me. "At the beginning of the season at the team presentation I said it was my goal to win an international race, to have accomplished that today is great. The whole season I have felt strong and since I have joined the team I have become a better rider and made a big jump in my performance. I will definitely go to sleep with a smile on my face tonight." Results - Top 10 - click here to see full result
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LOS ANGELES -- Where and when the Great Free Agent Summer Summit takes place no one is certain at the moment. Ambassador Dwyane Wade has called it, and, presumably, fellow diplomats LeBron James, Joe Johnson and Chris Bosh (the attendance of the Toronto Raptors forward would make this a truly international meeting) will be there, too. We can only hope that a photographer is present to capture the moment, as one was at Yalta, where Roosevelt, Stalin and a fur-hatted Churchill famously met to figure out what the post-World War II world should look like, much as the future geography of the NBA will be sussed out this summer.
Meanwhile, a more isolationist-minded superpower named Kobe Bryant trudges on in this NBA postseason. Were the Los Angeles Lakers guard a free agent, I can't imagine that he would've accepted a seat at the summit, for in Kobe's world view ... well, there is no world view. There is what Kobe wants to do and nothing else. A summit is for others; Kobe will make his decisions in the solitude of self-reflection and, ultimately, arrive at them with certainty.
And so, as No. 24 laces them up for what could be a decisive Game 6 against the Suns in Phoenix on Saturday night, this would be a good time to remind everyone that, in many quarters, Bryant is now considered only the second-best player in the NBA.
Not in my book. Not yet. And probably not even next year, no matter where LeBron is playing.
The question of whether The King had surpassed The Kobester began to be asked quietly a couple seasons ago. Bryant was still the pick of most, but he engenders such enmity that many fans and journalists just couldn't wait until the NBA became LeBron's League. My own reading is that, by last season, a majority would've picked LeBron over Kobe, and after the Cleveland forward grabbed his second straight MVP award this season, that majority could be described as overwhelming.
Let me repeat: I was not one of them.
The idea that reputations are permanently made and permanently unmade in the postseason is uttered so often that we get tired of hearing it. But that doesn't mean it's false. It's the way it is. Cruel as it sounds, six months of sterling play can be erased by six weeks of mediocrity.
At this writing only a precious few insiders know exactly what happened to distract James during the Boston Celtics series. But something did. He let himself be taken out mentally, and not for the first time. By contrast, when throughout the 2003-04 season Bryant had to jet back and forth to Colorado for legal proceedings surrounding his sexual assault case, I never saw him turn off mentally. Of course it was a mental strain. He admitted as much. But on countless occasions he made big plays on the very days that he was traveling.
True, the Lakers did not win the title in the summer of 2004, but there were myriad problems with the franchise at that time: A war of wills between Bryant and Shaquille O'Neal (we see who won that one since Bryant is still there); the not-always-smooth integration of Karl Malone and Gary Payton into a lineup that had been fairly set; tensions between the front office and Phil Jackson, which, in this 360-world, might be happening again, a story for another day.
But let me propose another simply but often overlooked reason that Bryant remains superior to LeBron: Kobe is a better basketball player. Not a better athlete, which sometimes gets lost. A better basketball player. He dribbles better, passes better, has more ways to score and understands the game better. Which is not to say that LeBron is inferior in any of those areas. He is great. But he's not as good as Bryant.
When Kevin McHale was general manager in Minnesota, he used to complain that his scouts came back with reports like "jumps out of the gym" and "has running-back quickness." McHale used to tell them: "That's great if we're putting together a track team. But I'm looking for guys who can actually play basketball." (Feel free to make the obligatory mention that McHale was not an overwhelming success as an exec.)
The Suns are getting the whole Bryant basketball repertoire in this series. The absurd double-clutch jumper over Goran Dragic in the second quarter of Thursday's Game 5 win. The ridiculous three-minute span in the second quarter when he hit a 24-footer and two 25-footers to stretch the Lakers lead to 41-25. (The Suns call that shot "the rise-up." Bryant might be tightly guarded but he simply elevates above everyone and releases. It's unguardable, and he does it better than anyone ever, including Michael Jordan.)
The way that Bryant turned distributor in the fourth quarter when the Suns went fulltime to their vaunted 2-3 zone (which they had worked on for all of 15 minutes before unveiling it in the series), finding the dependable Derek Fisher in the corner and Lamar Odom down on the blocks. L.A. needed all of Bryant's game-high 30 points, 11 rebounds, and nine assists to hold on to the 103-101 Game 5 win. Had the scorekeeper been convinced that his fall-short turnaround jumper (that ended in Ron Artest's hands and the put-back miracle) was a pass, Bryant would've had a triple-double. Plus, he had four blocked shots.
To differentiate between Bryant and James, the Suns' Grant Hill, who has been charged with guarding both, turns to a baseball metaphor.
"LeBron has the pullup jumper and he takes you to the rim," said Hill. "He has the two pitches, and, trust me, both of them are great. But Kobe is like the guy with all the pitches. He brings his fastball, his change, gives you something on the corner. LeBron will overpower you but you might know what's coming. With Kobe, you're never comfortable."
There is also that ineffable something known as will. Earlier this season Orlando's feisty Matt Barnes was standing close to Bryant when he feigned throwing a ball at Bryant's face. Bryant never even flinched. "That scared me a little," Barnes said later. "I mean, that wasn't even human."
Bryant's will has, again, carried the Lakers this postseason.
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Perhaps LeBron wouldn't have flinched either, but the simple fact remains that he has flinched in several key spots between the lines. Around the NBA LeBron's skills are universally respected, but it's not just the media that wonders if he lacks the right stuff when he most needs it. "Hey, they say if a dog doesn't bark as a puppy," said one player who desired anonymity, "he doesn't bark when he gets older either."
Actually, the one place where Bryant has not barked quite as loudly over the years has been in Phoenix. In the first round of the 2006 playoffs at US Airways Center he all but quit in Game 7 when he stopped shooting and at one point said, as he strolled by the Suns bench, "They expect me to play with him at center?" (He was talking about Kwame Brown.) And going into Game 6 the Lakers have lots of issues. It will be on their mind that they frittered away an 18-point lead at home in Game 5. The Suns are destroying Andrew Bynum (who was MIA on Thursday night) on pick-and-rolls, and LA.'s strategy of switching high and having a big man pick up Steve Nash failed miserably in Game 5 when Nash had 29 points. Jackson has searched among his backcourt backups (Shannon Brown, Jordan Farmar and Sasha Vujacic) for some solid play on the road and has not found it. Plus, the Suns are really good, really deep and really determined.
With all that in mind, Phoenix has to be considered the favorite in Game 6. I don't disagree and see a strong possibility there will be a Game 7 back in L.A. on Monday. But Bryant scored 36 and 38 points in the Games 3 and 4 road losses in this series of this I am certain: He senses the urgency in this road game will come out barking very, very loudly.
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TriWest Healthcare Alliance, the company that managed the Tricare West Region contract for 16 years, has decided to throw in the towel.
The company, which lost the contract to UnitedHealth Group earlier this year and learned last week that the Government Accountability Office upheld that contract award, announced Friday that it will not continue fighting the decision.
The company could have filed suit in U.S. Court of Federal Claims, but in a statement, company officials said they decided that "would not bring an end to the uncertainty that has plagued this program for three years and will only drive up the costs for all involved."
In their farewell, TriWest officials said the company has been honored to serve military personnel, families and retirees who "humble us with your sacrifice."
"Our greatest privilege these past 16 years has been to serve those who wear or have worn the uniforms of the United States and their families. "One thing is certain: We are committed to fulfilling all transition requirements through the end of our current contract on March 31."
TriWest won the contract when it initially was put up for bid in 2009, but after UnitedHealth lost an opportunity to manage a different Tricare region, the government reopened the bidding process in the West Region and UnitedHealth won.
TriWest is a consortium of 17 Blue Cross and Blue Shield companies and university health systems that manage health networks in 21 states.
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