the kicker

18-Year Media Ban Ends

April 6, 2009

New organizations were on hand late last night at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware, for the first time since 1991, to document the return of a fallen soldier, 30-year-old Staff Sgt. Phillip Myers of Hopewell, Va., who was killed Saturday in Afghanistan.

Look for more on this shortly from my colleague Clint.

Liz Cox Barrett is a writer at CJR.