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Shamefully we now learn that Saddam's torture chambers reopened under new management, U.S. management.

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Edward Kennedy
Age: 77 †
Born: 1932
Born: February 22
Died: 2009
Died: August 25
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I have fallen short in my life, but my faith has always brought me home.
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If you persevere, stick with it, wok at it, you have a real opportunity to achieve. If you do your best and keep a true compass, you'll get there.
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We know the future will outlast all of us, but I believe that all of us will live on in the future we made.
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