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To: Justa

agree...

It was asked if Khan was a citizen:
“I asked him, ‘How do you feel about the whole Iraq deal?’ ” recalled Khizr Khan, who became a United States citizen after emigrating from Pakistan in 1980.

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/29/us/elections/khizr-humayun-khan-speech.html
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Another Freeper said he could not find a standard obit on the son and I found 2 WAPO stories dating back to 2004 and 2005
I was surprised Khizr Khan was in WAPO that early:

A ‘Peacemaker’ Is Laid to Rest
Muslim Soldier From Prince William Tried to Improve Relations in Iraq

By Michele Clock
Washington Post Staff Writer
Wednesday, June 16, 2004

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2004/06/16/AR2005040207609_pf.html

Khizr Khan’s loss: A grieving father of a soldier struggles to understand
By Stephanie McCrummen March 22, 2005

Editor’s note: This story was originally published March 22, 2005.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/khizr-khans-loss-a-grieving-father-of-a-soldier-struggles-to-understand/2016/07/28/18e8139a-552d-11e6-bbf5-957ad17b4385_story.html


27 posted on 08/01/2016 10:17:40 AM PDT by thouworm ("To anger a conservative, lie to him. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth"---Theodore Roosevelt)
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To: pocat

ping


28 posted on 08/01/2016 10:18:43 AM PDT by timestax (American Media = Domestic Enemy)
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