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"sent": "Daniel Flesch, then a college student at the University of Illinois, had heard too much anti-Israeli sentiment."
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"sent": "Flesch, now a graduate student at Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies in Washington, became what's known as a \"lone soldier\" -- a citizen from another country who joins the Israel Defense Forces (IDF)."
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"sent": "As much I'm a proud American,\" said David Meyers of Belmont, California, \"there's an incredibly deep and long connection that I have to Israel."
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"sent": "Meyers, who now works in sales in Silicon Valley, holds dual U.S.-Israeli citizenship."
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"sent": "The United States with The United States strength and size, perhaps, isn't quite needing your abilities and your efforts,\" he said, explaining he choice to spend six years in the Israeli navy."
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"sent": "he Israeli-born comrades sometimes expressed puzzlement over His Israeli-born comrades decision to leave the comforts of American life for the dangers of military service, His Israeli-born comrades said."
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"sent": "They sometimes scratched They heads when They see people coming from other countries,\" said Meyers, who served in the Israeli navy in the late 1980s and early '90s."
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"sent": "But His Israeli-born comrades added that His Israeli-born comrades was warmly embraced."
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"sent": "Flesch, who is not an Israeli citizen, served more than 18 months. "
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"sent": "anti-Israeli had family members who had survived the Holocaust and felt compelled to fight back at what anti-Israeli perceived as a growing level of anti-Semitism in America."
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"sent": "I wanted to actually fight back against those who think Israel and the Jewish people should not exist."
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"sent": "Kevin Lunsmann said A 14-year-old Filipino-American boy had plotted Kevin Lunsmann escape for a while and eventually seized the opportunity some time late last week while Kevin Lunsmann guards slept."
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"sent": "Kevin Lunsmann \"was spotted alone\" Saturday about six miles southwest of Lamitan City on the island of Basilan, a stronghold of the Islamic militant group Abu Sayyaf, the official Philippines News Agency said."
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"sent": "If ever we are to be inspired by the human spirit, we should take comfort in the courage, commitment and love that the Lunsmann family exhibited during this trying ordeal,\" Thomas added."
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"sent": "I can tell you a lot of things, but I only know that the boy is a hero,\" the boy said."
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"sent": "It was a tough five months,\" Kevin Lunsmann's father, Heiko, told CNN affiliate WSET, from the family home in Lynchburg, Virginia."
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"sent": "The prosecution of kidnappers by a court of law will put a stop to kidnappings,\" the news agency quoted Jum Akbar as saying."
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"sent": "Coming home from Asia, Obama is obviously going through another rough patch in his presidency."
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"sent": "That is bad for Obama, bad for the country and bad for the world."
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"sent": "Obama's second term is a total aberration."
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"sent": "Resisted by obstructionists among Republicans and plagued by Obama own mistakes, the first 12 months after re-election were a bust."
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"sent": "Why Obama and Obama team didn't take more care in the rollout of the Affordable Care Act website will remain one of the great mysteries for historians."
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"sent": "Talking to players on the world stage -- most of whom still want Obama to succeed -- one finds them genuinely rattled, worried about a lack of national will and operational competence."
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"sent": "It was odd enough that given Obama huge power and influence, Obama thinks small ball."
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"sent": "The net result is of a president who sadly seems diminished both at home and abroad."
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"sent": "He appears to have only minimal objectives with the current Congress -- passage of a higher minimum wage and pieces of an immigration bill -- and may not get either."
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"sent": "Waiting for Hillary\" is a bigger story than \"What Happened to Obama?"
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"sent": "This is bad news and not just for the President's personal fortunes."
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"sent": "There is no obvious game plan for Obama to bounce back."
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"sent": "But this time, it could be more dangerous: Obama is perilously close to becoming a lame duck 33 months before Obama leaves office."
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"sent": "It is in not in our national interest to have a lame duck for 33 months."
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"sent": "With power seeping away at home, second-termers increasingly turn people attention overseas, where people can still get big things done as commander in chief of the most powerful nation in history."
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"sent": "America needs a strong, effective president year in, year out, to help propel us forward."
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"sent": "The world needs strong, effective American leadership as well; for all our mistakes like Iraq, America is the one nation that still has the power to keep world order."
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"sent": "Fresh opportunities for leadership will come; Fresh opportunities for leadership always do at The White House."
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"sent": "The administration would vigorously disagree, but just how much success can The administration genuinely claim in Syria, Egypt, Libya or even Iraq?"
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"sent": "Obama did provide much-needed assurances to Japan about American credibility as a military ally."
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"sent": "Still, the facts remain that even as the U.S. cuts defense spending, China is boosting China defense budget by 12% and flexing China muscles off China shores."
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"sent": "With nationalism on the rise across Asia and sparks starting to fly, who can be certain that America will be there to put out a fire?"
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"sent": "The White House must also avoid the clear danger of so eagerly wanting a big breakthrough -- say, in negotiations with Iran -- that The White House weakens our security."
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"sent": "After that, Washington becomes mired in midterm politicking, and in your third year, people start looking over your shoulder at who is coming next."
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"sent": "To the Trans-Pacific Partnership credit, The administration has aggressively pursued the deal but to little avail."
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"sent": "us success as a people has depended on us capacity to solve the problems of today so us can move on to tomorrow."
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"sent": "But \"offering facilitation is not enough,\" Yousef Munayyer of the Washington-based Palestine Center told CNN's \"New Day.\""
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