"To the families of those who were killed and to those who were injured, I want to extend my personal sympathy and to assure you that your government will not forget your loss and will continue working, based on the evidence, to make sure that justice is done, " Bush said.

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And I want you to know that we will never forget the sacrifice and service of the American soldiers who gave their lives for people whose names they never knew, and whose faces they never saw, and yet people who have lived in freedom thanks to the bravery and valour of the Americans who gave the "last full measure of devotion".

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If you want to be a genre writer, I say forget the "rules, " leave your thesaurus on the shelf, and just be a storyteller.

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