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- From: ndallen@r-node.pci.on.ca (Nigel Allen)
- Subject: Lesbian Veterans to Lobby Congress After Wednesday Press Conference
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- Date: 26 Jan 93 06:56:54 GMT
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- Here is a press release from the Human Rights Campaign Fund.
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- Lesbian Veterans to Lobby Congress After Wednesday Press Conference
- To: Assignment Desk, Daybook Editor
- Contact: Kay Ostberg or Gregory King, 202-628-4160, both of
- the Human Rights Campaign Fund
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- News Advisory:
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- U.S. Rep. Patricia Schroeder (D-Colo.) and other women members of
- Congress will join lesbian veterans and representatives of lesbian
- and gay organizations and women's rights groups for a press
- conference on Wednesday, Jan. 27, at 9:30 a.m. in Room 2216 of the
- Rayburn House Office Building.
- The organizer of the event is the Human Rights Campaign Fund, the
- nation's largest lesbian and gay political group. The press
- conference has been endorsed by the Military Freedom Project.
- Speakers at the press conference will release a major statement of
- support for President Clinton's decision to overturn the current ban
- on lesbian and gay Americans from serving in the U.S. Armed Forces.
- Following the press conference, lesbian veterans will lobby members
- of Congress in support of ending the ban.
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- Nigel Allen, Toronto, Ontario ndallen@r-node.pci.on.ca
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