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Mike Coffman Research Paper Outline

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By: Isaiah Thomas
What Mike Coffman gave up for his country

“10/28/15- Mike Coffman supports lung cancer”. Hold on wait a minute I should probably tell you who Mike Coffman is and how he got to where he is now.
Mike Coffman is in Colorado’s 6th District just because he joined the Army, the Army Reserve, the U.S. Marine Corps, and the Marine Corps Reserve, or is there more like the life that he gave up to get where he his now, but what exactly did he give up, and why?

First, let’s start off with what did Mike Coffman give up to be able to be in Colorado’s 6th district? At the age seventeen, after finishing his junior year at Aurora Central High School in 1972, he enlisted in the U.S. Army, and he gave up his senior year of high school to …show more content…

Well Mike Coffman retired from the military in 1994 after having served for seven years between the U.S. Army and the U.S. Army Reserve and thirteen years between the U.S. Marine Corps and the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve. This why Mike Coffman gave up most of his life to the U.S. Army, the U.S. Army Reserve, the U.S. Marine Corps, and the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve was to serve his country, and that shows political courage of how many times he left duty to finish school, and how he left his family to serve his family, and country by helping keep the lives of many others safe. Thank you for serving our country Mike Coffman. Mike Coffman is currently in Colorado’s 6th district still serving our country by helping find cures for diseases like lung cancer.

So it is clear that although Mike Coffman gave up most of his life for two main reasons. First, what did Mike Coffman give up. But most importantly, why Mike Coffman gave up most of his life. Mike Coffman still shows political courage, and he is also CO’s 6th District because he joined the Army, the Army Reserve, the U.S. Marine Corps, and the Marine Corps Reserve, and gave up his most of his life to get where he his now, but what exactly did he give up, and why? So what was it political courage or was he just serving his

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