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Ex-Green Beret finds higher purpose with NFL dreams on hold

Nate Boyer, who served in Iraq and Afghanistan, used his downtime while deployed teaching himself how to play football. That paid off when he got a rookie free-agent contract with the Seattle Seahawks. But he got cut from the team before the regular season. Now the war hero is setting his sights much higher. Adriana Diaz reports.
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