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NBC rounded out its Afghanistan coverage with a pair of features. As he did Tuesday, anchor Brian Williams reminded us that US military tactics repeat those of a previous Asian war: "You have heard over and over the use of that controversial Vietnam-era expression Winning the Hearts & Minds." He filed again from the secret camp in eastern Afghanistan where American commandos train their Afghan comrades: Tuesday he showed outreach by feeding villagers; now he profiles the base's clinic that provides healthcare to 100 locals each day. Lee Cowan filed from the home front. Fort Lewis, the base for USArmy Stryker brigades, has suffered 26 fatalities just since July. He showed us the "ever-growing memorial" outside the base and offered affecting snapshots of bereavement. Buddy Dahl, a veteran of Vietnam, had just buried his grandson: "I swore when I left Laos that I would never cry for a dead soldier again. It did not work."
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