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In Fact..
December 1, 2003 issue

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Presents news briefs and comment pieces on U.S. and world events. Claim that echoes of the Vietnam War grew louder last week as the prospect of a long-term U.S. involvement in Iraq seemed likelier, and a proposal to reinstate the draft was discussed on a U.S. Defense Department Web site; Report that, tucked away in President George W. Bush's $87 billion spending bill for Iraq, is an $8.5 million item for security operations against the Free Trade Area of the Americas protests in Miami; Report that former Foreign Service officer John Brown is looking into U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld's claim that 5,000 small businesses have opened in Iraq since liberation on May 1, 2003.

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NEWS briefs, United States; IRAQ War, 2003- -- Reconstruction; VIETNAM War, 1961-1975; DRAFT; UNITED States. Dept. of Defense; BUSH, George W. (George Walker), 1946-; FREE Trade Area of the Americas (Organization); DEMONSTRATIONS; UNITED States. Foreign Service; RUMSFELD, Donald, 1932-; UNITED States; IRAQ
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