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By the end of the day on Wednesday, Operation "Alabama Black Belt 2012," operated through the Department of Defense's Innovative Readiness Training Program, tracked more than 29,173 patient encounters.

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Arkansas Attorney General Dustin McDaniel and a state lawmaker who says a redistricting panel improperly lowered the number of black voters in his district are expected to testify in federal court.

HAYNEVILLE, Ala. -- A military program to provide health care in some of the South's poorest communities has treated more than 12,000 people in Alabama in less than two weeks in its latest outing.

Four days into its mission, Operation: Alabama Black Belt 2012 had already seen well over 2,000 patients at its Demopolis location.

Prospective patients turned out in droves Tuesday for the first day of Operation: Alabama Black Belt 2012.