And although their paths occasionally crossed after 1917, it would be the Nazi Occupation that would serve to reunite them, if not principally socially, then in the choice of themes in their Occupation pictures.

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"He spoke in terms no American president has done before, " Aslan said, citing Obama's description of the invasion of Iraq as a war of choice, and the word "occupation" in relation to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

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