The name of hometown hero U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Brian Cody Prosser became part of a controversy surrounding one of President-elect Donald Trump’s top cabinet picks this month.

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Staff Sgt. Brian Cody Prosser, U.S. Army Special Forces

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This is part of the December 30, 2016 online edition of The Mountain Enterprise.

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