In October 2009, Barack Obama did something no president before him ever did — he stood on the tarmac at Dover Air Force Base in the dead of night, waiting for the remains of 15 soldiers and 3 DEA agents. He met every family. He listened to every story. And then he stood there — saluting for 45 straight minutes — as each casket was carried off the plane. No press. No speeches. No headlines. Just a man facing the cost of war that politicians usually hide behind numbers and reports. Sometimes the

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