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Vietnam War veteran Osterman in 2011 convinced his House colleagues to pass a resolution calling upon the U.S. Congress to provide "equal benefits and compensation" for the treatment of exposure to the defoliant Agent Orange, including those who served both within and outside Vietnam.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cjonline.com/blog-post/tim-carpenter/2011-03-10/stain-agent-orange|title=Tim Carpenter, "The Stain of Agent Orange", March 10, 2011|publisher=''Topeka Capital- Journal''|accessdate=October 12, 2011}}</ref>

Vietnam War veteran Osterman in 2011 convinced his House colleagues to pass a resolution calling upon the U.S. Congress to provide "equal benefits and compensation" for the treatment of exposure to the defoliant Agent Orange, including those who served both within and outside Vietnam.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cjonline.com/blog-post/tim-carpenter/2011-03-10/stain-agent-orange|title=Tim Carpenter, "The Stain of Agent Orange", March 10, 2011|publisher=''Topeka Capital- Journal''|accessdate=October 12, 2011}}</ref>

==2012 election==

==2012 election==

In the Republican primary held on August 7, 2012, Osterman narrowly led Jeff Blubaugh, a real estate broker and investor, 51 to 49 percent.<ref name=weagle>{{cite web|url=http://www.kansas.com/2012/08/07/2440578/ward-leads-loganbill-in-house.html|title=Fred Mann, "Kansas House roundup"|publisher=''Wichita Eagle''|accessdate=August 8, 2012}}</ref> Blubaugh is a [[Quaker]], a graduate of Friends University in Wichita, and a member of the school board in Goddard, Kansas.<ref name=blubaugh>{{cite web|url=http://www.kansas.com/2012/07/12/2405705/blubaugh-osterman-in-republican.html|title=Jeff Blubaugh faces Leslie Osterman in House District 97|publisher=kansas.com|accessdate=August 8, 2012}}</ref> In the November 6 general election Osterman again defeated  Dale Swenson, the Democrat whom he unseated in 2010.

In the Republican primary held on August 7, 2012, Osterman narrowly led Jeff Blubaugh, a real estate broker and investor, 51 to 49 percent.<ref name=weagle>{{cite web|url=http://www.kansas.com/2012/08/07/2440578/ward-leads-loganbill-in-house.html|title=Fred Mann, "Kansas House roundup"|publisher=''Wichita Eagle''|accessdate=August 8, 2012}}</ref> Blubaugh is a [[Quaker]], a graduate of Friends University in Wichita, and a member of the school board in Goddard, Kansas.<ref name=blubaugh>{{cite web|url=http://www.kansas.com/2012/07/12/2405705/blubaugh-osterman-in-republican.html|title=Jeff Blubaugh faces Leslie Osterman in House District 97|publisher=kansas.com|accessdate=August 8, 2012}}</ref> In the November 6 general election Osterman again defeated  Dale Swenson, the Democrat whom he unseated in 2010.

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