Family welcomes home solider for the holidays

DES MOINES, Iowa — On Friday evening, Lisa Carte welcomed home her son, Thomas, who’s on a two-week leave of absence from basic training.

Carte said she was worried that her son would run into trouble during his holiday travels.

“There’s been a lot of families that have had their soldiers in training and they’re active duty soldiers. They’ve missed their flights and their flights have been canceled,” Carte said…

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