AM Headlines — 7.17.12

Staff Sgt. Matt Ochoa is greeted by wife Jennifer Ochoa and son Matthew Ochoa at Mountain Home Air Force base in Idaho on Monday afternoon, upon returning from a 6-month deployment. More than 200 members of the 726th Air Control Squadron returned form duty in Southwest Asia to Mountain Home Air Force base on Monday afternoon after being deployed since January to support Operation Enduring Freedom. (AP/Idaho Statesman photo by Joe Jaszewski)

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