At Tun Tavern in Philadelphia 235 years ago today, the Marine Corps was formed. The Washington Post has an interesting (and somewhat encouraging) report, “U.S. takes on violent Afghan valley that bled Brits,” on what the Marines are doing today in Afghanistan to defend America:

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