1.0 link 183346 <![CDATA[Media Witness Return Of War Casualty For First Time In 18 Years]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/04/05/media-allowed-to-witness-_n_183346.html DOVER, Del. &mdash; For the first time since an 18-year ban on news coverage of returning war dead was lifted, the media witnessed the arrival Sunday night of a soldier killed overseas.

After receiving permission from family members, the military opened Dover Air Force Base in Delaware to the press. An eight-member team wearing white gloves and camouflage battle fatigues carried the body of 30-year-old Air Force Staff Sgt. Phillip Myers of Hopewell, Va., off a military jet in a solemn...

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