U.S. military interpreter gifted truck to launch his own trucking company
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Fahad Al-Kadhim, a former U.S. military interpreter who survived capture and torture by Al-Qaeda as a teenager, was awarded a 2024 Freightliner truck and $50,000 by Progressive Insurance's Keys to Progress program to help launch his own trucking company.
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