Author: Dean Toda
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Four soldiers receive Purple Hearts
Four members of the 4th Infantry Division’s 3rd Brigade Combat Team were awarded Purple Heart medals Thursday for their Iraq war wounds and heard a cautiously upbeat report from their commander at the front. Maj. Gen. Jeffrey Hammond, commander of the 4th Infantry Division, spoke by video link from Baghdad to the medal ceremony, held…
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McCain, Palin rally Colorado Springs faithful
Sen. John McCain brought his presidential campaign to Colorado Springs on Saturday, testing the height of his post-convention “bounce” and laying down an early marker in an effort to bring swing-state Colorado into the Republican column on Election Day. “We need to carry Colorado. We need to win!” he told a roaring crowd that spilled…