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SALISBURY — Through emailed statements, tweets and other means, local public figures took pause this weekend to reflect on the passing of former President George H.W. Bush.
The 41st president passed away Friday night at his home in Houston at age 94. He was surrounded by family, including his son and daughter-in-law, Neil and Maria Bush; his grandson, Pierce Bush; and his longtime friend, former Secretary of State James Baker.
Bush’s death followed that of his wife, Barbara, in April.
Two Aberdeen residents were among the U.S. service members killed by a roadside bomb Tuesday in Afghanistan.
Capt. Andrew Patrick Ross, 29, and Sgt. 1st Class Eric Michael Emond, 39, were fatally injured by the blast. Staff Sgt. Dylan J. Elchin, a 25-year-old from Pennsylvania, was also killed.
The victims were traveling in an armored vehicle when the bomb went off in Ghazni province. It was the deadliest attack this year on U.S. forces in Afghanistan.
Three other service members and an American contractor were injured in the explosion. The Taliban claimed the attack.
The Department of Defense has identified two Fort Bragg soldiers and an Air Force airman who were killed Tuesday by a roadside bomb in Afghanistan.
They are Capt. Andrew Patrick Ross, 29, of Lexington, Virginia; Sgt. 1st Class Eric Michael Emond, 39, of Brush Prairie, Washington; and Air Force Staff Sgt. Dylan J. Elchin, 25, of Hookstown, Pennsylvania.
Ross and Emond were assigned to the 1st Battalion, 3rd Special Forces Group at Fort Bragg. Elchin was assigned to the 26th Special Tactics Squadron at Cannon Air Force Base, New Mexico.
WASHINGTON, D.C. (FOX 46 WJZY) - After telling his story to FOX 46, Sfc. Richard Stayskal is now telling it directly to members of Congress.
"My government is basically, to me, in my opinion, telling me, 'You're less than everybody else,'" Stayskal told Rep. Jackie Speier (D-CA).
The Green Beret from North Carolina, who was awarded a Purple Heart after being shot in the lung in Iraq, is now putting up one last fight.
FRIEND OF FARM BUREAU - U.S. Representative Richard Hudson, right, stands with Montgomery County Farm Bureau president, Todd King.