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Lt. Schulte Memorial
12:06 pm
Mon May 28, 2012

Plaque honors St. Louis native who made ultimate sacrifice in Afghanistan

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Credit Rachel Lippmann/St. Louis Public Radio
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A new memorial plaque outside the Jewish Community Center in Creve Coeur commemorates Lt. Roslyn Schulte, who was killed by a roadside bomb in Afghanistan in 2009.
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Air Force Col. David Astin was Lt. Schulte's commanding officer in Afghanistan. He says "Roz" brought hope to the refugee camps where her team worked.
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Lt. Schulte's parents, Robert and Suzie.
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Three years ago this week, a roadside bomb killed Lt. Roslyn Schulte.

The St. Louis native was the first female graduate of the U.S. Air Force Academy to be killed in combat. Now, a new memorial honors her life and death - a plaque under the flagpole at the Jewish Community Center in Creve Coeur.

Schulte was traveling from a refugee camp to Bagram Air Force Base when the bomb hit on May 20, 2009. She was one of 461 American soldiers killed in action that year.

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Morning round-up
7:43 am
Wed May 16, 2012

Morning headlines - Wednesday, May 16, 2012

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County parks audit finds spending on vehicles during budget crisis

An internal audit of the St. Louis County Parks Department has found the department spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on new vehicles, even as county executive Charlie Dooley was threatening to close parks and lay off employees.

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President Obama / Afghanistan
5:41 pm
Tue May 1, 2012

President Obama speaks to the nation from Afghanistan

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Thank you for joining us this evening for this previously scheduled event.

See NPR's The Two-Way for a live blog of the address.

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