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Dem U.S. House hopeful to propose expanding national service

By Associated Press
Published: July 17, 2019, 9:05am
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FILE - In this May 15, 2019, file photo, Ninth Congressional district Democratic candidate Dan McCready answers a question during a news conference in Charlotte, N.C. The North Carolina Democrat in a U.S. House special election plans to propose broadly increasing national service programs to better tie the country together. McCready makes his pitch Wednesday, July 17, 2019 in suburban Charlotte alongside retired U.S. Army four-star general Stanley McChrystal.
FILE - In this May 15, 2019, file photo, Ninth Congressional district Democratic candidate Dan McCready answers a question during a news conference in Charlotte, N.C. The North Carolina Democrat in a U.S. House special election plans to propose broadly increasing national service programs to better tie the country together. McCready makes his pitch Wednesday, July 17, 2019 in suburban Charlotte alongside retired U.S. Army four-star general Stanley McChrystal. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton, File) Photo Gallery

MINT HILL, N.C. — The North Carolina Democrat in a U.S. House special election plans to propose broadly increasing national service programs to better tie the country together.

Dan McCready makes his pitch Wednesday in suburban Charlotte alongside retired U.S. Army four-star general Stanley McChrystal. He’s the former head of the Joint Special Operations Command who later headed forces in Afghanistan.

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