Staunton: General, Marine sergeant-major to lead Obama town hall

Published date: October 10, 2008 | 4:10 pm

Updated: April 18, 2025 | 7:47 pm

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Retired three-star Lt. Gen. Claudia Kennedy and retired Marine Corps. Sgt Maj. John Estrada will be in Staunton on Saturday for a town-hall meeting on national security on behalf of Democratic Party presidential nominee Barack Obama.

Kennedy and Estrada will lead town halls in Roanoke, Staunton and Winchester on Saturday and two events on Sunday in Northern Virginia and Virginia Beach.

The Staunton town hall will be held at the Staunton Public Library at 1 Churchville Ave. at 3:45 p.m.

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