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Archive Home > 2009 > January > 08 > Economic woes in U.S. prompt Guardsmen to extend tours

Economic woes in U.S. prompt Guardsmen to extend tours

By Nancy A. Youssef / The Bulletin
January 8, 2009

DELARAM, Afghanistan — Around the barren military base, which sits at the crossroads of the Taliban’s poppy trade route, news arrives slowly. A single issue of the U.S. military’s newspaper arrives by airlift about every two weeks. Most Marines here said they....

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