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      <excerpt>...to be treated for stress and trauma in the hours immediately following the event, said Lindsey Mask, a spokeswoman for Rep. Buck McKeon, R-Calif. Sen. Mark Udall, D-Colo., and Reps. Solomon Ortiz and Mike McCaul, both of Texas, said they understood the </excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...withdrawal schedule before knowing what the level of security - or violence - will be after the elections. Rep. Howard P. &quot;Buck&quot; McKeon, top Republican on the House Armed Services Committee, said Obama's August 2010 deadline gives Odierno &quot;little room t</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...withdrawal schedule before knowing what the level of security - or violence - will be after the elections. Rep. Howard P. &quot;Buck&quot; McKeon, top Republican on the House Armed Services Committee, said Obama's August 2010 deadline gives Odierno &quot;little room t</excerpt>
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