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Troops eyeing vote

February
23

Interest in the presidential race is high among troops overseas, according to The Stars and Stripes.  A story published yesterday reports that record numbers of soldiers, their families and other Americans who live overseas are accessing the Federal Voting Assistance Program website to obtain information on using absentee ballots.

Click here to see the report.

This entry was posted on Saturday, February 23rd, 2008 at 9:08 am by Rich Liebson.
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KatieRich Liebson is a "military brat" who grew up on bases in the U.S. and Germany during his father's 23-year career as an Air Force enlisted man. Rich enlisted in the Army in 1976 and until his discharge in 1980 was assigned to the 78th Engineer Battalion in Ettlingen, Germany, as a public information specialist and translator. He's been a reporter at The Journal News and its forerunner, the Reporter Dispatch, for more than 20 years. During that time he's covered a variety of beats and has written frequently about veterans and veterans issues.
HemaHema Easley was born and raised in India, where she worked as a reporter for The Associated Press and United Press International. While in India she wrote about the insurgency in Indian-controlled Kashmir and covered the 1999 India-Pakistan conflict in the mountains of Kashmir. She joined The Journal News in 2002. She has covered municipal government in Westchester and now covers on social services in Rockland as well as military issues.

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