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America has a moral obligation to the military interpreters it left behind: Howard Manuel Updated 5:34 AM; Today 5:34 AM In this Monday, Dec. 16, 2019, photo, Zia Ghafoori displays his Purple Heart at his home in Charlotte, North Carolina. He received the award as an interpreter wounded while fighting insurgents with U.S. Special Forces during the Battle of Shok Valley, Afghanistan. He received a Special Immigrant Visa in 2014 and took his oath of citizenship in 2020. In a guest column today,...