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John Rawlins used his brains and blue language to keep his boss in check.

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George B. McClellan is accused of character defects and mental illness for his religious beliefs. But those views were not unique.

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Often called “the Graveyard of Empires,” the region now known as Afghanistan has foiled would-be conquerors for millennia.

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