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Exceptional Courage: Michael Monsoor

Paul Rieckhoff | Posted 04.14.2008 | Politics

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Paul Rieckhoff

With the nation focused last week on the Petraeus hearings, another story about an American SEAL in Iraq went largely unnoticed.

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McCain Star in His First TV Spot

John Tepper Marlin | Posted 04.07.2008 | Politics

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John Tepper Marlin

It brings up Iraq indirectly as a test of national courage ("We will never surrender"), and emphasizes McCain's status as a POW in North Vietnam 40 years ago.

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Iraq: Five Years and Fading

Jon Soltz | Posted 03.18.2008 | Politics

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Jon Soltz

Maybe this five-year date will jog the media out of its Iraq-fatigue, and force them to confront what is happening, and report on it.

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