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Virginia Congresswoman Davis dies after battling breast cancer
Oct 7, 2007, 0:20 GMT
Washington - Congresswoman Jo Ann Davis, a conservative Republican from the mid-Atlantic state of Virginia, died Saturday after suffering breast cancer for two years.
Her congressional staff made the announcment.
Davis, 57, was a member of the armed services and foreign affairs committees in the 435-member US House of Representatives.
A former state legislator, she was elected to four two-year terms to represent a district in the southeastern corner of Virginia, which has a heavy population of current and former military personnel around the vast naval installations in and near Virginia Beach, Virginia.
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helenOct 7th, 2007 - 12:56:52
so sad to hear she passed.
on the other hand if anyone in the bush family passed no one would give a damn.
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