Time Machine: America circa April 2006

Sometimes it can be interesting to take a step back into the Time Machine, and pick out a moment in time from the past, and then compare it to the present:
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06-05-2003 : Bush to troops in Qatar: ‘Mission accomplished’
Today: Triple blasts kill 74 at Baghdad mosque
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8-23-2005 : Robertson: U.S. should assassinate Venezuela’s Chavez
Today: U.S. envoy’s car pelted with fruit, eggs
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2-11-2004: ‘I want to know the truth,’ president tells reporters
Today: White House won’t challenge leak story
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