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PRI takes a look at two former Afghan interpreters (including one, a personal translator for Defense Secretary Robert Gates) who after being promised U.S. visas for their brave work, had even more ordeals to endure once landing in America (including a homeless stint in San Francisco). Life is sadly stranger than fiction.