PM Headlines — 8.14.09

Seven-year-old Riley Ehret of Belgrade, Montana, wears her father’s Army Commendation Medal as his flag is unfolded during a morning ceremony in her honor last week on the steps of the capitol in Helena, Montana. Ehret’s father, Spc. Travis T. Ehret, a three-tour Iraq War veteran, was killed in a bar fight. Ehret was honored with both the flag and the medal during the service. Behind her, from left, stand Montana ARNG Honor Guard Coordinator Denny J. Lenoir, Montana Lieutenant Governor John Bohlinger, and her mother, Iselin Jensen. (AP Photo/The Independent Record, Claire Becker)

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