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You Can Never Get Tired Of The Duke

by David Kurtz
05.25.12 | 2:36 pm

A forlorn and still-self-pitying Randy “Duke” Cunningham is asking for his right to bear arms back when he leaves prison later this year. But the judge in his case had an ironic reply for the former congressman sent up for bribery. Ryan Reilly has our report.

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