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Iraq war vets as candidates

Posted at 2:40 PM on March 10, 2006 by Bob Collins

On Monday, Midmorning's going to take a look at Iraqi war veterans as candidates in this fall's election. Nearly 100 veterans are running for congressional seats in the 2006 election. Midmorning looks at why these soldier-candidates have hit the campaign trail in numbers not seen in more than 50 years.

GUEST: Burdett Loomis, professor of political science at the University of Kansas. He joins us by phone from Lawrence, Kansas.
GUEST (9:00-9:30): Van Taylor, a Republican running for congress in the 17th district in Texas.
GUEST: Jon Soltz, Executive Director of the Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America political action committee. He joins us by phone from his office in New York.

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