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Former Iowa Congressman Leonard Boswell dies
Former U S representative Leonard Boswell a longtime Iowa farmer and soldier-turned-politician who served 16 years in Congress has died at 84 in Des Moines after cancer complications. A civil-minded Democrat and former state Senate president Boswell united rural roots with bipartisan work on agriculture veterans education and farm policy.
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