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Brian Kolfage, who lost both legs and an arm in a 2004 attack in Iraq, served on a veterans advisory committee for former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Tucson, but said he was surprised when she invited him to attend the State of the Union on Tuesday.

Giffords shares special bond with vet invited to State of the Union

Jan 25, 2012 ◇ Dustin Volz/Cronkite News Service

Before Gabrielle Giffords inspired the nation, Brian Kolfage – who lost both legs and an arm in a 2004 mortar attack in Iraq – inspired her. Read more»

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Brian Kolfage, an Air Force veteran and UA architecture student, will travel to Washington for President Obama's State of the Union as a guest of U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords.

Disabled vet to attend State of the Union as Giffords' guest

Jan 23, 2012 ◇ Janet Rose Jackman/TucsonSentinel.com

Air Force veteran Brian Kolfage's schedule as a University of Arizona architecture student got a little more interesting this week when he was invited to be a guest of U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords for President Obama's State of the Union on Tuesday in Washington, D.C. Read more»


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