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    Statement by the Minister of National Defence on the Death of One Canadian Soldier in Afghanistan
    OTTAWA, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Sept. 7, 2008) - The Honourable Peter Gordon MacKay, Minister of National Defence and Minister of the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency, issued the following...

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