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Colorado's New Congresman Backs Bush's Surge

By Michael de Yoanna

Colorado Springs Independent | February 27, 2007

True to his "ultraconservative" reputation, new U.S. Rep. Doug Lamborn of Colorado Springs stubbornly opposed a resolution criticizing President Bush's plans for a "surge" of troops to Iraq.

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Tags: war in iraq, troop surge

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Jim Sheeler's path to the Pulitzer Prize began simply enough. He was just curious about what was going on behind the scenes during the military funeral for Lance Cpl. Thomas J. Slocum, the first Coloradan to fall in the Iraq War.

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