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Article: New ABA Report Underscores Urgent Need for Better Legal Protections for U.S. Service Members; Greater Legal Consistency and Voting Rights Among Top Working Group Concerns.
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- August 5, 2004
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ATLANTA, Aug. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Citing the pressing need for greater, more consistent legal protections for our nation's men and women in uniform, including better absentee voting provisions and more equitable application of in-state tuition rates at public universities, American Bar Association President Dennis W. Archer today released a new report on the legal needs of service members.
"The brave women and men who serve in our nation's military place themselves in harm's way to protect the rights and freedoms our country holds dear. In return, we in the legal profession must do our best to safeguard their legal rights -- including the right to vote and to ...