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" The raids on Freedom House, the National Democratic Institute and International Republican Institute, the Adenauer Foundation, and other groups helping Egyptians move toward respect for democratic politics and human rights were of a piece with the practices of Hosni Mubarak - only bolder and more repressive. "

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" Barack Obama's military triumphs will come neither in long wars nor even short ones, but in a series of raids. "

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