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This #MemorialDayWeekend, @RepBradWenstrup is thinking about

SSG James McNaughton, 27, KIA August 2, 2005 by enemy sniper fire in Baghdad.

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2/ MAJ John Pryor, 42, the leader of the U Penn’s trauma team as well as a major in the Army Reserve KIA Christmas 2008 by enemy fire in Iraq while serving as a combat surgeon.

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3/Lance Corporal Michael J. Cifuentes, 25, KIA August 3, 2005 during hostile action in Barwanah, Iraq.

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4/ Marine Cpl. David J. Kreuter, 26, KIA August 3, 2005 when his amphibious assault vehicle was attacked by an improvised explosive device while he was conducting combat operations south of Hadithah Iraq.

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Marine GEN John Allen (Ret) tells me this #MemorialDayWeekend he’s thinking about many fallen servicemembers including:

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Bipartisan coalition of 51 Attorneys General (50 states and Guam) write to the Department of Education and Secretary Betsy DeVos urging that she forgive the student loans of veterans who became totally/permanently disabled in connection with their military service.
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