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October 30, 2009

Ft. Carson Soldier Shoots Himself to Avoid Afghan Redeployment
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As Obama visited Dover, a soldier at Colorado’s Fort Carson military
base shot himself in the shoulder to avoid a redeployment to
Afghanistan. According to police, Sgt. Robert Murchison had been on
emergency leave from Afghanistan and due to return this week. Seventeen
troops based out of Fort Carson have been killed in Afghanistan this
month.



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