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The Yuma U.S Border Patrol agent who died in the line of duty in December was honored by President George Bush during a ceremony that honored officers who have died while protecting the nations borders.James Epling, 24, was also officially declared the first U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer to die in the line of duty since the agency's creation one year ago under the new Department of Homeland Security."We will never forget Agent Jimmy Epling, whose name is forever etched on the Customs and Border Protection Valor Memorial," said Robert Bonner, Customs and Border Protection commisioner, in a press...