Here is a press release from the Human Rights Campaign Fund.

 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

   News Advisory:

   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