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Guard’s Revolving Door: One Iowa Unit Deploys While Another Returns

By T.M. Lindsey 6/6/08

In a span of three days, Iowans said goodbye to 160 of the state’s National Guard soldiers as they deployed to Iraq, while simultaneously preparing for the homecoming of 120 guardsmen.

The Politics of Biden’s MRAP Bill Hits Home in Iowa

By T.M. Lindsey 10/21/07

Just as Beau Biden, a captain in the Delaware National Guard, had predicted in August at the Iowa Democratic Party Veteran’s Caucus Presidential Extravaganza in Des Moines, the vote on the emergency funding for the war in Iraq war has come back into play. Beau, the attorney general of Delaware, spoke on behalf of his [...]

Amid Fanfare and Emotion in Ottumwa, Guard Company Heads Back to Iraq

By Dien Judge 6/11/07

Ottumwa was a community swelling with pride at a send-off ceremony Sunday for approximately 120 soldiers in the Iowa National Guard 833rd Engineer Company.
The Hellyer Student Life Center gymnasium at Indian Hills Community College was filled with soldiers and their families and friends, along with others from the community just there to show their support.
A [...]

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