The Cities with News 8's Jim Mertens is a product of WQAD News 8 and WQPT PBS.
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Jim talks with First Army Commander Lt. Gen. Thomas James, Jr. about the military's mission on a changing plant and how the Rock Island Arsenal fits into it all.
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