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Haiti, The Bearer of Scars
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Rolling Thunder: Behind the Fog of War
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A Personnel Tragedy
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A First-Class Spy Flap: CIA Agents Compromised in Ghana
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Operation Winter Warmth – Helping Armenia in Its Darkest Hour
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