Since coming back from Iraq, there's been so many triumphs and obstacles standing in my way, so whenever I set my mind to something, I definitely just go full blast at it.

and allied forces. Initial media reports on Lynch's capture and rescue in Iraq were incorrect. Her family could not afford to send her to college; her older brother had to drop out due to financial reasons.

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