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Rural America Shoulders Burden In Iraq

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While the President urges citizens to forget or ignore the Iraq War and its costs, rural America is carrying the burden, with 60 percent higher death rates — and no one seems to notice, says The Nation. More...

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Who Says Clothes Don't Count?
Show-stealing Hillary may wonder aloud why people focus so much on her clothes, but she as well as anyone realizes that attire matters — and she's mastered dressing the part, explains National Review Online. More...

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A False Sense of Hope In Iraq
Mitch Mitchell says that once U.S. military advisers leave, the Iraqi Armed Forces will fail. And by increasing the numbers of advisers we imbed in Iraqi units, the U.S. is falsely raising hopes for success. More...

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