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MARINE WIDOW PRIVATE BILL PASSES CONGRESS

By Greg Siskind

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Both Houses of Congress have approved a rare private bill for Hotaru Ferschke, the Japanese widow of Sgt. Michael Ferschke who hailed from my home state of Tennessee. This is only the second private bill approved in the last five years. The Ferschkes were married in July 2008 in a proxy ceremony conducted over the telephone, a common practice for soldiers and one that is recognized by the Department of Defense, because Michael was deployed in Iraq at the time. One month later, Michael was killed in action. Hotaru was pregnant with Michael's son at the time he left his...

Full post as published by Greg Siskind's Blog on December 16, 2010 (boomark / email).

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