CAPITOL COMMENTS
U.S. progress in Iraq cannot include abandonment
SEN. KAY BAILEY HUTCHISON
      Our mission in Iraq is among the most important in our nation's history. As the central front in the Global War on Terror, Iraq is where the forces of freedom, tolerance and democracy are fighting to defeat the tyranny and oppression of Al-Qaeda and radical Islam.
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Museum event's success overwhelming
      Editor, the Leader-News: This weekend we conducted the first annual Run Wild 5K Run/Walk and 1/2- mile Children's Event at the El Campo Museum. Wow! Did El Campo ever Run Wild! We were overwhelmed with the success of the event and as such would like to thank several groups and individuals.
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HOME COUNTRY
Autumn brings time for reflection
SLIM RANDLES
      Sweet transition from the heat, from the work, from the hard, rough edges of life. On we go now to autumn, to black, lacy leaves and twigs standing out against an orange sky. The mornings now have that coolness, that chill that tells us we once again have made it through the heat and toil and can ...
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TEXAS STRAIGHT TALK
House stealth calls for Sunlight's clarity
U.S. REP RON PAUL
      Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis famously said "Sunlight is the best disinfectant." Indeed some of the most malignant growth of our government has been nurtured under a cover of darkness.
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