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Obama present at air base as body of soldier from Medford returns

President Barack Obama was present as the remains of Sgt. Keith Bishop, a former Long Islander and Green Beret who died in a helicopter crash in Afghanistan, were carried from a military transport aircraft in Delaware early Thursday morning.

Obama was taking part in a solemn process that unfolded in four movements: the transfer of Bishop and 14 other fallen soldiers and three Drug Enforcement...

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