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A cow approaches a U.S. army soldier from Blackfoot Company, 2nd Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, as he lays concealed in thick grass during an ambush setup on the outskirts of Muqdadiyah, in the volatile Diyala province, about 90 kilometers (60 miles) north of Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2007. The soldiers from Blackoot Company had set up an ambush targeting a group of suspected terrorists, but had to abandon their plans because their position was compromised by a group of cow herders. (AP Photo/Marko Drobnjakovic)

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A US soldier in Kirkuk, Iraq. Democrats failed again this week in their efforts to influence Iraq war policy, showing themselves incapable of carrying out the mandate of voters who gave them a majority in Congress one year ago. (AFP/File/Marwan Ibrahim)

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... or much of anything else beneficial to the nation.