Five others, including the ex-special commissioner appointed to deal with the increasing degradation of the historic site, are also under investigation.

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Mr Clyburn, who defends his district in federal court next month, has a special interest in ex-servicemen: although he has no military bases in his district, there are several in his state, and his district still has the sixteenth-largest concentration of ex-servicemen in the country.

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"As an ex-military man this is a special occasion for me, knowing there is approximately 100 Brummies currently serving in the five regular battalions, including The Rifles, fills me with a great sense of pride, " he said.

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Three weeks before the special election, news surfaced that Sanford's ex-wife had filed a court complaint alleging he was in her house without permission in violation of their divorce decree, leading the National Republican Congressional Committee to pull its support from the campaign.

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