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Oct 1, 2012, Vol. 18, No. 03 • By JAMES BOWMAN
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The editors helpfully comment that “presumably M/Sgt Dabnovich is fictional.” They offer no opinion as to the existence of M/Sgt Murphy.

James Bowman, the author of Honor, A History and Media Madness: The Corruption of Our Political Culture, is a resident scholar at the Ethics and Public Policy Center.

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