One of the 32 Rhodes Scholars for 2004 is a Jewish GI facing deployment to Iraq. Second Lt. Daniel Helmer, 22, of Colts Neck, N.J., who was among the U.S. winners of the prestigious scholarship announced Sunday, graduated from West Point Military Academy, where he studied military history and Arabic.
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