Profile of an AWOL Soldier Fleeing Iraq Duty

Published June 7, 2004 at 6:00 PM HST

Reporter Steven Cuevas profiles Brandon Hughey, a soldier who avoided duty in Iraq by fleeing the United States for Canada with the help of an underground network of anti-war activists.

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