The War Dead

For the first time in 18 years, Americans were allowed to see the flag-draped casket of a soldier — Staff Sgt. Phillip Myers — who died doing his sworn duty to his country.

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Please Burn an American Flag

Hillary Rodham Clinton has agreed to co-sponsor a bill by Utah Republican Sen. Bob Bennett that would make it illegal for anyone to intimidate any other person by burning the flag, to burn someone else’s flag or to desecrate the flag on federal property. At the same time, however, Clinton continues to oppose efforts to amend the Constitution to prohibit flag burning.

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