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Public Interest

Jun. 22, 2010

Working Towards a Sensible Justice System

The Veterans HALO clinic launched on June 16 with lawyers working together with a host of nonprofits to help homeless veterans resolve their legal problems, writes Paul Freese of Public Counsel.

By Paul L. Freese Jr.

At Public Counsel's June 16, 2010 William O. Douglas Award Dinner, Assistant Secretary for Veterans Affairs, L. Tammy Duckworth, exhorted the audience of over 1,000 to be mindful of President Barack Obama's challenge - that it is a "betrayal of the sacred trust that America has with all who wear and all who have worn the proud uniform of our country" for any veteran to be homeless. She smiled after being informed th...

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