Former Justice Calls for Action On Alzheimer's ; O'connor Reveals Husband's Plight

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WASHINGTON Retired Justice Sandra Day O'Connor made public her family's private battle with Alzheimer's disease Wednesday as she urged Congress to speed research in hopes of slowing a coming epidemic.

"Our nation is certainly ready to get deadly serious about this deadly disease," the nation's first female Supreme Court justice told the Senate Special Committee on Aging.

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Former Justice Calls for Action On Alzheimer's ; O'connor Reveals Husband's Plight

She has a personal stake: "My beloved husband John suffers from Alzheimer's," she said...

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