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As someone deeply troubled by our own recent wars, by the expansion of presidential power in this and the previous administration, watching Lincoln explain his use of war powers or work his political magic to buy votes for the 13th Amendment made me a tiny bit uncomfortable not because I disagreed with him, but because I agreed with his actions.
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Growth for 2012 as a whole came in at 2.2%, up from 1.8% in 2011, but still unusually slow compared with previous economic recoveries in the US following recessions in the post-War era.
BBC: US economy shrinks a surprise 0.1% in fourth quarter
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Initially, as U.S. soldiers pushed into Baghdad neighborhoods they had not previously occupied, violence rose, and that spring more U.S. soldiers and marines died in combat than during any previous period of the war.
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