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Vulnerable Members Go to Iraq

Two Skip Convention to Visit the Troops

By George Cahlink
CongressNow Staff
Aug. 28, 2008, Midnight

Two Democratic House Members locked in competitive races for re-election in districts that lean Republican have a unique excuse for skipping their party’s convention in Denver this week — they’re in Iraq.

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