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Rick Perry joined on stump today by Navy SEAL he helped

By Glen Johnson

 |  Globe Staff  

  January 02, 2012

As Texas Governor Rick Perry makes his final pre-caucus appearances before Iowa voters today, he will be joined on the stump by a figure who’s well-known locally: 2000 presidential candidate Steve Forbes. The famous flat-tax advocate is expected to attest to Perry’s outside-the-box, anti-Washington campaign message. But also joining Perry will be someone who once preferred to live in the shadows: former Navy SEAL Marcus Luttrell. He is expected to speak to his character.

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