more on Iraq effects
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Jody has a nice quiet story this morning about a disquieting deployment into the Iraq war.
Alaska Communities Struggle with National Guard Deployments
Listen to this story… by Jody Seitz
Morning Edition, July 4, 2006 · National Guard deployments to Iraq are drawing on a unique population of older Guard members in Alaska. The absence of these men from their communities poses distinct challenges to families already stressed by the high price of energy, the lack of jobs and, in some communities, the loss of municipal services. Jody Seitz of member station KDLG reports.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5532219
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