stark contrast to those of their attackers

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As Americans, let us never, ever forget that our freedom is

only sustained because there are people who are willing to

fight for it, to stand up for it, and in some cases, lay down

their lives for it.  Our country is only as strong as the

character of our people and the service of those both

civilian and military who represent us around the globe.

No acts of terror will ever shake the resolve of this great

nation, alter that character, or eclipse the light of the

values that we stand for.  Today we mourn four more Americans

who represent the very best of the United States of America. 

We will not waver in our commitment to see that justice is

done for this terrible act.  And make no mistake, justice

will be done.

But we also know that the lives these Americans led stand in

stark contrast to those of their attackers.  These four

Americans stood up for freedom and human dignity.  They

should give every American great pride in the country that

they served, and the hope that our flag represents to people

around the globe who also yearn to live in freedom and with

dignity.

Republicans are claiming that Obama’s reference to “acts of

terror” was a generalized reference to terrorism with no

specific application to Benghazi, which earlier in his

statement Obama had called “this outrageous and shocking

attack,” without using the word “terror.” But the

reference to “four more Americans” in the very next

sentence strongly suggests that Obama was applying the label

to Benghazi. If you’re willing to grant that the debate’s

moderator, Candy Crowley (no relation!), had a right to

intervene at all, it’s hard to complain about her coming to

Obama’s defense on this narrow point.

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It used to be mainly diagnosed in children

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Coeliac disease

Could be the cause if: You often feel tired; you've lost

weight for no apparent reason; you are suffering from

abdominal pain. Coeliac disease is an adverse reaction to

gluten, which is found in wheat, barley and rye and all foods

containing them — everything from pasta and bread to pies

and some gravies and sauces. It is an autoimmune condition

where the body mistakes substances in gluten for a threat and

attacks them, leading to damage to the surface of the small

bowel, which then affects your ability to absorb nutrients

from food.

It used to be mainly diagnosed in children, but it's now

known people can go undiagnosed into middle age. If you have

these symptoms, see your doctor and ask to have a blood test

for coeliac disease. National Institute for Health and

Clinical Excellence guidelines state that anyone with

bloating and other IBS-type symptoms should be tested for it.

If you're diagnosed, you'll feel better once you start

avoiding all foods containing gluten.

Hormonal fluctuations

Could be the cause if: You are premenstrual or in the early

stages of pregnancy. During pregnancy, and just before your

period, levels of the hormone progesterone are raised. This

can slow down gut motility or movement, which means food

passes more slowly through the body, leading to bloating and

possibly constipation. But you can beat the bloat. Exercise

can help improve gut motility and walking for 30 minutes a

day could be enough to make the difference. Also, drink

plenty of fluids and eat lots of fruit, vegetables and whole

grains to avoid constipation.

Let us grant for a moment that historians

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What are we to make of Neely's claims? And how can all the historians who have come to regard the Civil War as "brutal," "cruel," "ruthless," and "merciless" have been so mistaken? Neely is at his most challenging when he suggests how casualty figures can be misleading, especially in comparative perspective. After all, the 620,000 who died during the Civil War (that is the widely accepted figure) were, theoretically, soldiers of two countries, not one. The Union dead totaled only 360,000; the Confederate dead only 260,000. In neither case did they equal the 407,000 American soldiers who died during World War II. What is more, the death toll during the Crimean War in 1853-1856 has been placed at 640,000, most of it coming during a two-year period, surpassing the deaths in the Union and Confederacy combined over a period of four years. Drew Faust might say that 620,000 dead in America during the 1860s would be equivalent to 5,500,000 dead in America today; and Neely might respond that Faust's reasoning typifies the sensationalizing disposition among historians.
Let us grant for a moment that historians have been disposed to "sensationalize" Civil War casualties (though I am not sure what is to be gained by this, since the readership for histories of this war has always been robust), and that we ought to interrogate our assumptions about the war's destructiveness. Where does this leave us? The Civil War witnessed a remarkable and unprecedented mobilization of resources on each side. Between half and three-quarters of all men of military age served at some point during the conflict. (There was a higher proportion in the Confederacy than in the Union, but impressive in either case.) The federal government's authority and capacity expanded dramatically, and a Confederate state was created from scratch, with remarkable results. Thousands of slaves were impressed to work on Confederate fortifications and in Confederate war industries. Both the Union and the Confederacy enacted military conscription, printed currency, imposed taxes, and centralized power. And the Union embraced the unconditional surrender of the Confederacy as its war goal. The Civil War, in other words, assumed many of the features of "total war," even if it was, in effect, a set of domestic rebellions or insurrections.