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HAMMOND SOLDIER KILLED IN AFGHANISTAN: Alison Hernandez usually received a call from her husband, Hammond native Spc. Joseph M. Hernandez, every two days while he was stationed in Afghanistan (Times of Northwest Indiana). Hernandez was waiting for him to contact her on Friday, but she felt something wasn’t right. 
“My stomach hurt. I wasn’t feeling well. I broke down and cried to my dad, and said ‘I need my husband’,” she said. That night, Army representatives delivered the solemn news to her that Joseph was killed earlier in the day in a roadside bomb attack. Maj. Brian M. Mescall, 33, of Hopkinton, Mass., and Spc. Jason R. Parsons, 24, of Lenoir, N.C., also died when an improvised explosive device detonated near their armored Humvee in Jaldak, Afghanistan. Hernandez, 24, is survived by his wife and two sons — Jacob, 2 , and Noah, 9 months. He is also survived by his parents, Elva Hernandez and Jessie Hernandez; his two brothers, Jesse and Jason Hernandez; and other relatives.
HPI TO COVER STATE OF THE STATE: Gov. Mitch Daniels gives his fifth State of the State address at 7 tonight in the Indiana House Chambers. Watch for coverage at www.howeypolitics.com tonight and full reaction in Wednesday’s HPI Daily Wire, your most comprehensive source of Indiana General Assembly, public policy and political news.
McVEY TO FILE EXPLORATORY COMMITTEE: Brose McVey tells HPI that he will file his 5th CD exploratory committee this week as he prepares to challenge U.S. Rep. Dan Burton in the May 2010 Republican primary.
SKILLMAN CALLS HOOSIERS ‘STRONG AND STALWART’: Lt. Gov. Becky Skillman received a lengthy standing ovation before she spoke of Hoosiers as “strong and stalwart” and “the rough and the ready” during her second inaugural address (Howey Politics Indiana). Skillman continued, “Our neighbors have lost sight of land. While we wish no ill will on our neighboring states, their choices have tossed them into a sea of red. They’re waving for a lifeline, for some reason to hope in the future again.” Indiana is “standing firmly on a bedrock of black — through strong fiscal governance, responsibility and good stewardship.”
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