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Mark Brunswick

Reporter | Military Affairs

Phone: 612-673-4434

Mark Brunswick covers military affairs for the Star Tribune. He has had assignments in Afghanistan, Iraq, Bosnia and Kosovo and has focused on domestic issues related to PTSD, returning veterans, military recruitment and the new role of women in the military. Previously, he covered state government and politics from the Star Tribune's state capitol bureau in St. Paul.
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Immigration beat: Offenders seldom prosecuted in sex assault of farm workers

Half a million women in this country work in the farm fields. Many of them are undocumented, working below the...

Updated: June 18, 2013, - 07:54 PM

Immigration beat: Economic effects on Minnesota are mixed

As the state and nation debate immigration reform, a Minnesota legislative auditor’s report from a few years ago on the...

Updated: June 11, 2013, - 06:01 PM

Military beat: Final Minnesota budget has money for vets

An expansion of the Minneapolis veterans home and a beefed-up state GI Bill were two big veterans issues that made...

Updated: June 04, 2013, - 06:54 PM

Immigration beat: Tracking 'overstays' of visas isn't easy

How difficult is it to track people who overstay their visas? It might seem easy to match visas coming into...

Updated: May 28, 2013, - 05:54 PM

Military affairs beat: Minnesotan, now national security adviser to vice president, speaks to grads

Minnesota native Jake Sullivan has found himself embroiled in the biggest international controversy to envelop the Obama administration. Named as Vice...

Updated: May 21, 2013, - 09:16 PM

Franken visits Minnesota civic leaders to push immigration reforms

U.S. Sen. Al Franken was back in Minnesota last week talking to a coalition of faith, labor and business leaders...

Updated: May 07, 2013, - 08:38 PM

Cut in monitoring GI Bill raises threats of fraud, abuse and waste in Minnesota

Minnesota's two inspectors have been told by the feds to curtail annual reviews of programs that serve veterans.

Updated: May 06, 2013, - 06:19 PM

Obituary: Philip Harder was a banker and civil rights pioneer

At age 50, Philip Harder left a 21-year career in banking to pursue something different. It wasn’t unusual for him....

Updated: May 04, 2013, - 04:23 PM

Senate boosts undocumented students’ college dreams

A bill that makes undocumented students eligible for state financial aid, in-state tuition, and private scholarships passed amid debate over how much taxpayers should be asked to support the American dream.

Updated: May 02, 2013, - 12:13 AM