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November 3rd, 2008 | 
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Duncan Hunter, a Republican, is one of 22 veterans of operations in Iraq and Afghanistan running for Congress this year. That's up from the 12 Iraq and Afghanistan vets whose names appeared on the ballot in November 2006.
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Consistently low occupancy rates coupled with a costly rental agreement on the support site in Gricignano mean the Navy continues to pay monthly rents on hundreds of base apartments whether they are occupied or not.
Six veterans of Operation Iraqi Freedom won their congressional races Tuesday, giving recent combat veterans their biggest presence in national government yet. In 2006 Patrick Murphy was the only veteran who served on the ground in the most recent Iraq conflict to win election to Congress.
The next president of the United States of America appears to be a freshman Democratic senator from the Midwest who says he wants to build up the country's land forces, invest in unmanned, cargo and refueling aircraft, and support "pragmatic and cost-effective" missile defenses, according to election projections available Tuesday evening.