But he was not afraid of it. He said: "Our separation from the old Union is complete.

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The old general who commanded the Union forces, Winfield Scott,did not want to rush his men into battle.

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The 53-year-old Grybauskaite, who is the European Union's budget commissioner, decided to run for president as an independent after public anger flared in January over Lithuania's economic collapse.

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Nonetheless, his big test in government would be to stare down the power of the old union elites.

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Some men have yet to decide what they will do next, among them 49-year-old union activist Brian Wood and his son Gary, 25.

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They labeled the audit as "rife with inaccuracies, " denying that the 70-year-old union chief did anything that was illegal or violated the union's policies.

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