Yesterday's terrorist attacks in Paris especially hit home for Americans because Paris is such a beloved Western city. France has been an ally of the United States throughout our history, and has been the victim of brutality in recent memory. Although France often is the undeserving subject of tasteless jokes, American culture has been enriched in countless ways by French music, art, literature, film, architecture, medicine, philosophy, fashion, food, wine, and language. Our nation's most important and most beautiful statue, inviting the world's downtrodden to our shores, was a gift from France and stands as a symbol of our mutual allegiance. It is no wonder, then, that the brutal killings at the hands of evil extremists would strike Americans at our very core. Yet terrorism is a daily occurrence in many places. As we mourn the victims of the Paris attacks (as we should), we should also remember those who have died or been wounded in other countries, especially in th
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