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On the recordMarch 2, 2010
Only days after that hearing, a National Guard unit headquartered in Boone, North Carolina, returned home from Iraq. Within 18 months of their return, four of the unit's 175 soldiers had taken their own lives.
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Richard Burr
Republican · North Carolina

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Burr highlights the tragic consequences faced by returning soldiers.

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