08/21/2006
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"America is grateful for their daring, grateful for their honor, and grateful for their sacrifice."
"The loss is terrible. It is borne especially by the families left behind."
"They died in distant lands to fight terror, to advance freedom, and to protect America."
"The failure of democracy in Afghanistan and Iraq would condemn every advocate of freedom in those two countries to prison or death."