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unc70

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1. Senator Burr is from NC, home to 1/4 of soldiers

Reply to Galraedia (Original post)

Thu Sep 20, 2012, 12:08 AM

Sep 2012

North Carolina has several huge military bases including Ft Bragg and Camp Lejeune. Roughly one fourth of US soldiers are based in the state Burr "represents".

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