William John Cahir

Marine Sgt. Bill Cahir, a former democratic congressional candidate and one time staffer who walked into a Marine recruiting in the aftermath of Sep 11, 2001, has been killed by enemy action in southern Afghanistan: Cahir, who joined the Marines as a reservist in 2003 and served two tours in Iraq, ran unsuccessfully last year for a congressional seat in Pennsylvania, his home state, before going to work for a consulting firm in Northern Virginia. Cahir had formerly worked in Washington as a correspondent for Newhouse News Service and as a staffer for the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee under Sen. Edward M. Kennedy.