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A quarter of a century ago--way back when Bill Clinton was president, Saddam Hussein was still running Iraq, and your cellphone, if you had one, was a brick--CNN and USA Today commissioned a poll by ...

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Rafael Quero Silva faces a lawsuit brought by five people who say he oversaw their abuse and mistreatment as a military ...

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