JOSH BOAK, BEN FINLEY, ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER
Associated Press
WEST PALM BEACH, Florida — President Donald Trump said Thursday one of the two West Virginia National Guard members shot by an Afghan national near the White House died, calling the shooter who worked with the CIA in his native country a "savage monster."
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