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<p>Family honors Marine's sacrifice 'We can always have his memories'</p> <p>The three of them were building a life together before he was killed in an ambush in Nasiriya, Iraq, on March 23.</p> <p>Now Chelle Pokorney has photographs, letters, memories -- and the knowledge, secure in her mind, that her husband's cause, to free the Iraqi people from Saddam Hussein's rule, has triumphed.</p>

<p>It was only fitting that Sen. Harry Reid, Nevada Democrat, stood alongside Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist this week on the occasion of the 175th anniversary of the U.S. Capitol Police.</p> <p>"I believe I am the only former Capitol policeman serving in the Senate. I am quite sure that is true," said Mr. Reid, who noted that the duties of a Capitol policeman are different today than when he served on the force, given the constant threat of terrorism.</p>

Oklahoma Marine Killed In Action In Iraq POSTED: 11:23 a.m. CST March 30, 2003 UPDATED: 10:34 a.m. CST March 31, 2003 TULSA, Okla. -- An Oklahoman who joined the Marine Corps out of high school is the state's first known casualty in the war with Iraq. The Defense Department confirmed Sunday that Lance Cpt. Thomas Allen Blair, 24, of Broken Arrow was killed in action. Blair's father, Al Blair of Gravette, Ark., told The Associated Press earlier in the day that he had been notified by the Marines on Saturday. The elder Blair declined further comment and said his...

Names of the four US Marines who died in yesterday's helicopter crash: Maj. Jay Thomas Aubin, 36, of Waterville, Maine Capt. Ryan Anthony Beaupre, 30, of Bloomington, Ill. Cpl. Brian Matthew Kennedy, 25, of Houston, Texas Staff Sgt. Kendall Damon Watersbey, 29, of Baltimore, Md. The Pentagon has just released the names of two more US Marines who were killed in Iraq. I'll post as soon as I find that.