Winning Hearts and Minds - of the MSM*
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Marlin Kluvers tells me that Fairbanks News-Miner reporter Margaret Friedenauer is an embed with the 172nd Stryker Brigade in Iraq. Luckily for us, she isn't just reporting - she's also blogging. Here's a little something from her first patrol:
Think about everything you
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