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National Edition News Cover for November 19, 2013 - Lawsuit reveals good life at Gitmo: FILE - In this March 30, 2010 file photo, made through one way glass, reviewed by the U.S. military, a shackled Guantanamo detainee reads his materials as he attends a class in "Life Skills," as guards in the background shackle another detainee to the floor after bringing him to the class, inside Camp 6 high-security detention facility at Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base, Cuba. The new commander of the Guantanamo Bay prison is seeking to impose significant changes to communications allowed between lawyers and prisoners facing war- crimes charges at the U.S. base in Cuba, The Associated Press has learned.(AP Photo/Brennan Linsley, File)
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A $165 million children's hospital in Basra is among hundreds of projects in Iraq funded by U.S. taxpayers. The U.S. and its allies are still paying millions of dollars for reconstruction of the war-ravaged country, even though Baghdad is reaping revenue from its oil industry. Two donor nations are pulling out of the trust fund. A State Department official defended U.S. assistance, saying it is aimed at maintaining a strategic partnership with Iraq. However, the official said, there is "room for improvement" (Associated Press)
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Quadruple amputee U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Travis Mills poses for a portrait before his documentary, "Travis: a Soldier's Story," about his life after being wounded, is screen in the Capitol Visitors Center at the U.S. Capitol Building, Washington, D.C., Monday, November 18, 2013. Mills is one of just five quadruple-amputees from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan to survive their injuries. He was injured from an I.E.D. (improvised explosive device) on April 10, 2012 while on patrol during his third tour of duty in Afghanistan. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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Quadruple amputee U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Travis Mills, center right, is introduced before the screening of his documentary, "Travis: a Soldier's Story," about his life after being wounded, in the Capitol Visitors Center at the U.S. Capitol Building, Washington, D.C., Monday, November 18, 2013. Mills is one of just five quadruple-amputees from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan to survive their injuries. He was injured from an I.E.D. (improvised explosive device) on April 10, 2012 while on patrol during his third tour of duty in Afghanistan. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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Quadruple amputee U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Travis Mills, right, is introduced before the screening of his documentary, "Travis: a Soldier's Story," about his life after being wounded, in the Capitol Visitors Center at the U.S. Capitol Building, Washington, D.C., Monday, November 18, 2013. Mills is one of just five quadruple-amputees from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan to survive their injuries. He was injured from an I.E.D. (improvised explosive device) on April 10, 2012 while on patrol during his third tour of duty in Afghanistan. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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Quadruple amputee U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Travis Mills poses for a portrait before his documentary, "Travis: a Soldier's Story," about his life after being wounded, is screen in the Capitol Visitors Center at the U.S. Capitol Building, Washington, D.C., Monday, November 18, 2013. Mills is one of just five quadruple-amputees from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan to survive their injuries. He was injured from an I.E.D. (improvised explosive device) on April 10, 2012 while on patrol during his third tour of duty in Afghanistan. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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Quadruple amputee U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Travis Mills poses for a portrait before his documentary, "Travis: a Soldier's Story," about his life after being wounded, is screen in the Capitol Visitors Center at the U.S. Capitol Building, Washington, D.C., Monday, November 18, 2013. Mills is one of just five quadruple-amputees from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan to survive their injuries. He was injured from an I.E.D. (improvised explosive device) on April 10, 2012 while on patrol during his third tour of duty in Afghanistan. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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Quadruple amputee U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Travis Mills poses for a portrait before his documentary, "Travis: a Soldier's Story," about his life after being wounded, is screen in the Capitol Visitors Center at the U.S. Capitol Building, Washington, D.C., Monday, November 18, 2013. Mills is one of just five quadruple-amputees from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan to survive their injuries. He was injured from an I.E.D. (improvised explosive device) on April 10, 2012 while on patrol during his third tour of duty in Afghanistan. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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Quadruple amputee U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Travis Mills is interviewed at by a member of the media as a documentary, "Travis: a Soldier's Story" about his life after being wounded, is screened in the Capitol Visitors Center at the U.S. Capitol Building, Washington, D.C., Monday, Nov. 18, 2013. Mills is one of just five quadruple-amputees from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan to survive their injuries. He was injured from an IED (improvised explosive device) on April 10, 2012, while on patrol during his third tour of duty in Afghanistan. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
