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  • Under compromise, injured Air Force Sgt. to keep bomb dog

    12/09/2005 8:24:38 AM PST · by Born Conservative · 12 replies · 798+ views
    Times Leader/AP ^ | 12/9/2005 | KIMBERLY HEFLING
    WASHINGTON - Severely injured when her Humvee was bombed in Iraq, Air Force Tech Sgt. Jamie Dana woke up in a military hospital and cried out for Rex, her bomb-sniffing dog. She was told Rex was dead. Later, she found out he was alive. But her joy soon turned to sadness when she was told she couldn't adopt him. Now, under a compromise announced Thursday between House-Senate negotiators, it appears Rex, a German shepherd, will join Dana full-time. He might even make it there by the holidays. "I don't really know how to put that into words," said Dana, a...