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Combat widows get keys to new life
Savannah Jirtle, widow of Army Spc. Charles Scott Jirtle who died in 2010 while serving in Afghanistan, speaks with Brig. Gen. Ronald F. Lewis after a Homes for Our Troops ceremony at W.O. Smith Music School in Nashville at which she and two other 'Gold Star Wives' received mortgage-free homes. Nikki Redding wondered how she would rebuild her l…
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Iraqi widows face apathy
Halima Dakhil lost her husband in the sectarian slaughter that engulfed Iraq after the US invasion in 2003 and now spends her days tearful and scared, knowing her $250 (Dh917.50) monthly wage won't pay the rent and feed five children. One of an estimated 2 million women who are primary breadwinners in Iraq, Halima is but one face of the humanitarian cr…
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