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This column first appeared on July 4, 2004, after the first of my two reporting trips to Iraq. It has been published on subsequent Fourths of July and seems appropriate again in 2008, as 175,000 members of the United States military are serving in Iraq and Afghanistan. It's a special day, this particular Fourth of July, and we'll honor our nation. So will our soldiers, Marines, sailors and airmen, scattered so many places around the world. Here at home, we'll go to a Main Street parade and see floats, firetrucks, marching bands and rows of flags. |