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Article: SEN. KLOBUCHAR SEEKS MORE FEDERAL SUPPORT FOR MINNESOTA NATIONAL GUARD MEMBERS & THEIR FAMILIES
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- April 1, 2007
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The office of Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., has issued the following news release:
Citing figures that National Guard and Reserve members account for more than half of all Minnesotans who have served in Iraq and Afghanistan, Sen. Amy Klobuchar announced that she will seek additional federal support for the state's innovative Beyond the Yellow Ribbon program that helps returning Guard troops with the transition back to their families and local communities.
Klobuchar was joined at a news conference by Brigadier General Jon Trost, the Deputy Adjutant General of the Minnesota National Guard, and Chaplain Major John Morris, organizer of the Beyond the Yellow Ribbon program. Recently-returned ...