It will be worthy of a free, enlightened, and, at no distant period, a great Nation, to give to mankind the magnanimous and too novel example of a People always guided by an exalted justice and benevolence.
 
– George Washington
 
 
 
 
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November 2008
November 05, 2008
Army Spc. Adam M. Wenger, 27, of Waterford, Mich.; assigned to the 1st Battalion, 76th Field Artillery, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, Fort Stewart, Ga.; died Nov. 5 in Tunnis, Iraq, of injuries sustained during a non-combat incident.
 
November 06, 2008
Army Pfc. Theron [...]

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September 2008

September 02, 2008
Army Pfc. Patrick W. May, 22, of Jamestown, N.Y.; assigned to the Division Special Troops Battalion, 10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry), Fort Drum, N.Y.; died Sept. 2 in Baghdad of injuries sustained from a non-combat related incident.
 
Army Sgt. 1st Class Gregory A. Rodriguez, 35, of Weidman, [...]

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July 2008
July 02, 2008
Army Spc. Estell L. Turner, 43, of Sioux Falls, S.D.; assigned to the 1st Battalion, 506th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Ky.; died July 2 at the National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, Md., of wounds sustained June 28 [...]

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May, 2008
May 01, 2008
Army Spc. Jeffrey F. Nichols, 21, of Granite Shoals, Texas; assigned to the 3rd Squadron, 89th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry), Fort Polk, La.; died May 1 in Baghdad from wounds sustained when his vehicle encountered an improvised explosive device.
 
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This year saw the end of an illusion.
December 31, 2008
As I read the last tranche of disastrous news stories from this catastrophic year, I found myself thinking back to the old days when it all seemed to work, when everyone agreed what made an economy go and the stock market raced and the commentators and [...]

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Democrats should embrace this Clinton legacy.
December 31, 2008
By JAMES BACCHUS
President-elect Barack Obama is rightly focused on preparing a stimulus plan to “jolt” the American economy toward recovery. Yet missing thus far is any mention of international trade as part of his plan.
Democratic presidents — Roosevelt, Truman, Kennedy, Carter and Clinton — have long been advocates [...]

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The Internet facilitates markets, and bubbles.
December 31, 2008
By PAUL H. RUBIN
Bubbles have always been part of markets. The 17th century Dutch Tulip mania and the 18th century’s South Sea Bubble are part of capitalist folklore. Recently, there seems to be an increase in the number and severity of bubbles and crashes — Internet stock prices, [...]

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Obama shouldn’t reward dictatorial Kremlin with goodwill overtures.
December 31, 2008
By LEON ARON
Russia faces a particularly nasty version of the global recession (at a minimum), and perhaps an economic “perfect storm.” Regardless of how bad its economy gets, two broad political trends, each carrying profound implications for Russia’s foreign policy and U.S.-Russian relations, are bound to [...]