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traveling in Afghanistan can be delayed

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for a number of reasons . It's rare for

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things to happen according to plan Like

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this group of representatives managing

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to keep right on schedule without delay .

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They're off to meet their state or

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territory residents . For some , it's

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not the first time visiting with the

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troops as representative from Guam

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Meddling Bordello tells us I've been in

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Afghanistan 19 times since 2003 . Well ,

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I see a great deal of progress when I

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first was in Afghanistan in 2003 .

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We couldn't go anywhere without of

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course armor and we had to be heavily

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escorted . That hasn't stopped

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representative board alot from coming

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back to visit the troops . Guam has per

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capita , one of the largest numbers

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of national guardsmen . They say it's

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all about the issues . So they're

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searching for things to bring up when

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they get back and passing on what

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they're currently working on in Capitol

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Hill . Captain Matthew wang an intel

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officer for 10th Mountain in RC South

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said he was happy to discuss things

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that were affecting home as we talked

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about is the recent military build up

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in Guam or moving at some millions over

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from Okinawa . So it's great just

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talking to her and hearing her

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perspective on what was going on over

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there as opposed to reading what's in

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the news for chris Gibson Republican

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from new york . It's only his first

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time here as a representative though .

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He has plenty of military experience ,

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multiple deployments to Iraq having

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just retired from the army last year .

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Look , there are a lot of similarities

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and there's some dissimilarities ,

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which is why they come out to discuss

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conditions . They say it's not the

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promptness nor frequency of visits that

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matters to them . It's taking the time

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to discuss the issues that affect us .

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Most Air Force Sergeant George , Madden ,

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Kandahar Airfield , Afghanistan has

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ended . Okay , take them home . That's

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all the keys from the glass . Yeah ,

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yeah .