Army Reserve Battalion Can't Get to U.S.

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CONCORD, N.H. - The saga of an Army Reserve battalion trying to return from the Middle East on leave took another twist Sunday, when family members learned their loved ones could not return to the United States because there was no room on the homebound flight.
The development, and the lack of official information about when they might see their loved ones, left already frustrated family members even more anxious.

"I don't know who or what to believe anymore," said John Madden. Madden, of Manchester, had been waiting for a call from the airport from his son, Sean, since morning but had heard nothing by Sunday night.

Family members of the 60 reservists had been told they were coming home from Kuwait on leave and had arranged flights for them, but then found out in calls and e-mails last week that the leaves had been suspended. Then, on Friday, the military said that the reservists would be coming home after all and that the incident was "a major miscommunication."

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