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Retired Army Lt. Colonel and former U.S. Congressman Allen West will be in the Upstate for an event, tomorrow night. West ...

Lieutenant Colonel Allen West is a former congressman from Florida and a current senior fellow at the Texas Public Policy Foundation, leading the Booker T. Washington Initiative. They are coming ...