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Byline: Jonathan Riskind
June 29--WASHINGTON -- A Senate committee today approved legislation authored by Sen. Olympia Snowe that seeks to protect military funerals from disruptive protests. The unanimous vote by the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee means the Sanctity of Eternal Rest for Veterans (SERVE) Act could soon be approved by the full Senate. The proposal by Snowe, R-Maine, which was included in a broader veterans' affairs measure and approved by a voice vote is co-sponsored by 34 senators from both parties, supported by an array of veterans groups and was inspired by a Maine high school student. At a hearing earlier this month before the veterans' …