"The Only Empty Tent"

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"Certainly this time they'll use the words 'deplore' or 'deeply regret' when they call the news conference" said one distraught mother. "After all", she continued, "my daughter lost an eye and has shrapnel lodged in her neck. That has to be worth a 'deplore', right?"

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