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NewsSeptember 15, 2008

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Gov. Matt Blunt is visiting Missouri National Guard troops in Kosovo. About 1,000 Missouri guard members have been stationed there since April on a peacekeeping mission. The governor's office says Blunt is meeting with leaders of the Kosovo Force Headquarters and visiting with soldiers on the job there...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Gov. Matt Blunt is visiting Missouri National Guard troops in Kosovo.

About 1,000 Missouri guard members have been stationed there since April on a peacekeeping mission.

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The governor's office says Blunt is meeting with leaders of the Kosovo Force Headquarters and visiting with soldiers on the job there.

A spokesman for Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder says Blunt transferred his gubernatorial powers to Kinder beginning on Sunday.

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