For Davies, who won the SAS Masters in Norway last month, it was a sixth second place in Europe this summer and means she has bolstered her hopes of clinching a record seventh New Star Order of Merit title.

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For the record, I am firmly convinced that both approaches have merit.

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Finally, is there any merit to the notion that the Obama administration is spilling secrets to burnish its national security record?

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