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Intelligence Staff in February 2007. He was
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411:Biography and education
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597:Awards and decorations
479:in Gulfport, Florida.
362:Ronald Lee Burgess Jr.
259:Ronald Lee Burgess Jr.
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23:Ronald L. Burgess Jr.
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969:Army Service Ribbon
400:Gen. Michael Hayden
1168:. January 27, 2009
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