Gregory Bull
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AP
Around a dozen local veterans showed up to San Diego federal immigration court Wednesday to support a former Afghan journalist at his hearing.
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KPBS Midday EditionThousands of troops who were deployed to the border in the fall have left, but the Trump Administration may call for a second deployment of thousands more. -
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Ray Chavez, the oldest survivor of the 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor, was laid to rest at Miramar National Cemetery Thursday after a procession around San Diego County.
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