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On the recordFebruary 24, 2009
I am especially grateful that we will hear today from Ms. Margaret McCloud, a Gold Star Wife whose husband, Lieutenant Colonel Trane McCloud, was killed in action in Iraq.
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Joe Wilson
Republican · South Carolina

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Wilson acknowledges the presence of a Gold Star Wife to honor her husband's sacrifice.

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